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Overview

According to the OECD, one fifth of students may develop a special educational need during their schooling years. The need for inclusive education, which is also described in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as a fundamental right, is therefore indisputable.

Numerous pieces of legislation, such as Articles 4 and 24 on Education and Universal Design of the abovementioned UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Salamanca Statement on Special Education (1994) were agreed on to ensure high-quality education to persons with disabilities throughout their entire lives.

Nevertheless, in many European countries learners with disabilities still cannot attend mainstream schools with their peers; this is either due to a lack of staff training and knowledge, a shortage of adequate equipment to attend to students with disabilities’ special needs, or negative prejudices towards the skills of such learners. EASPD is convinced that fully inclusive education can be achieved through strong leadership at national and EU level and a shift of attitude of local education systems.

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What EASPD is doing

EASPD is committed to:

  • Collaborate with networks of other vulnerable groups to present a stronger common position
  • Contribute to a European policy position on inclusive learning, consistent with the obligations of the UNCRPD
  • Provide information, models of good practices and support to member organisations.
  • Promote positive attitudes towards inclusion, diversity, partnership and network opportunities
  • Organise and promote training for teachers, educators and other training professionals on inclusive education

News

Between 1st-2nd February the partners of the Green Enough Project met for the first time in Piraeus, Greece.

Unapei has relaunched its #Jaipasecole campaign, highlighting difficulties encountered by intellectually and cognitively disabled pupils to have...

With the InclUDE Project now in its final months, in this ‘Partner in Focus’ we are talking with Andreas Jeitler and Mark Wassermann, members of...

Policy

This Declaration builds on the work of EASPD and the contributions of the ‘To Inclusive Education and BEYOND’ conference participants, to...

projects

The Green Enough Project aims to empower adults and adolescents with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities to adopt more sustainable...

Resources

The study explores how knowledge can be created and shared to promote the transition from special education to inclusive education systems.

This report offers a framework for understanding the use of the Quality of Life Index for Inclusive Education to monitor educational areas of...

Produced by the BEYOND project, this report sheds light on the importance of co-production and how it can be used to support inclusive...

Produced by the BEYOND project, this report aims to identify the role of service providers in achieving inclusive education in Europe.

This report is the result of comprehensive research into inclusive education at a national level in 13 European countries. It summarises a wide...