European Child Guarantee – includes children living in institutions

News from The European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD)

The proposal for a European Child Guarantee was published by the European Commission (yesterday).

The initiative recommends that Member States establish National Plans to improve access to key quality ser

Call for top-level probe into deaths of disabled people during pandemic - UK

Questions raised over use of do-not-resuscitate notices

From TFN website: 'A leading disabled organisation has called for a probe into the disproportionate number of disabled people who have died from covid.

'National statistics show that 4,333 people who were classed as disabled had died from coron

Disability Inclusive Universal Healthcare

This video from Center for Inclusive Policy clarifies what the disability inclusive healthcare should cover and why.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRbKU7123Js

Center for Inclusive Policy here.

Disabled children – a forgotten minority in the pandemic. Is it the same in your country?

... 70% of disabled children have been unable to access vital therapies that are essential for their development during the third lockdown

From Disabled Childrens Partnership (UK):

'In January, we asked our Parent Panel about the impact of the third lockdown – and the cumulative impact of the pandem

Whistleblowing – You are a whistleblower if you are a worker and you report certain types of wrongdoing

The Equality and Human Rights Commission UK tells us what we need to know

They say: ‘If you are a worker concerned that your employer is committing breaches of equality and human rights law, you can report your concerns to us.

If the information you provide meets certain criteria, you m

An appeal to UK government for a recovery plan for disabled children and their families

Press release from The Disabled Children’s Partnership - a coalition of over 80 charities campaigning for disabled children, young people and their families:-

‘Our research has exposed the disproportionate negative impact of the pandemic on those we support. Half of parents are concerned

Benefits payments withheld from the chronically ill in COVID-19 government failure. Bad news from UK

The cancellation of face-to-face assessments meant claimants didn’t receive money they were entitled to – leaving some homeless or destitute

From Open Democracy press release: 'In some cases, cancer patients died without receiving the money they were owed. In others, disabled people failed to pay bi

The Early Childhood Education Accelerator - Analysis and Planning Toolkit

Strengthening Early Childhood Education in Education Sector Planning Processes

This global toolkit supports the inclusion and strengthening of Early Childhood Education (ECE) in the context of Education Sector Planning (ESP) processes.

This toolkit aims to:

Support countries in developing an