European Disability Forum

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The European Disability Forum defends the interests of 100 million persons with disabilities in Europe. #DisabilityRights

Quote by Soufiane: I really appreciate that EU institutions have been using easy-to-read to write their documents. This makes it easier for everyone to understand what is being talked about.
Quote by Soufiane: Disability is a condition that gives me rights: have a job, a house, and meet with friends. As a person with disabilities, I don’t want to be looked down on and labelled for that.
This animation shows text 'Equal Treatment Directive' on a road that ends on a finish line. Three countries block the road Germany, Italy and Czechia. When the text starts moving, it gets blocked, but then the countries vanish from the road and the text crosses the finish line
Infographic titled “Scores on digital accessibility in Justice” showing EU countries grouped by rating using flag icons and coloured cards. A green card (full access) includes Estonia, Latvia, Malta, Slovakia and Spain. A large yellow section (some access) shows most EU countries, including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden and Croatia. A red card (no access) shows only Portugal. The layout uses dashed borders to separate categories, with a light blue background and a source note “2026 EU Justice Scoreboard” at the bottom.
Promotional poster for an “Empower Ukraine” event titled “Making the Human Dimension Future‑Proof,” featuring four speakers—Debra Ruh, Alessandra Locatelli, Marila Levchenko, and Gunta Anca—with event details (24 June 2026, Gdańsk) and hashtag #UkraineRecovery.
COSP19 Banner and underneath ballons saying 20 years of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
A group of women with disabilities. Text says: "Women with disabilities and Artificial Intelligence: we want to hear from you!"
A screenshot of the scorecard infographic which is available to read in the link above
inclusive and accessible urban mobility: e-Portfolio now available! The ACT4DYS e-portfolio is the place to find multilingual online resources for disability-inclusive development and sustainable urban environments across Europe. Illustration of a young person on roller skates and a wheelchair user in an accessible urban park, symbolising inclusive mobility and youth engagement.
European Disability Forum is hiring a Communications Officer
Illustration of a young person on roller skates and a wheelchair user in an accessible urban park, symbolising inclusive mobility and youth engagement.
Logos of the organisations: EDF, ENIL Mental Health Europe, Inclusion Europe, EUCAP, AGE Platform, and Validity
Promotional banner with the 4 main topics of the newsletter: breaking down stereotypes, the EU Gender Equality Strategy and more
For a Disability Employment Guarantee as flagship initiative of the enhanced Disability Strategy
Text written on top of a background photo of a building with EU flags. Text reads: "Why a new European Agency for Accessibility will be a: - Win for persons with disabilities - Win for public authorities - Win for businesses"
Artificial Intelligence and Disability Update. Issue 10, March 2026. AI Omnibus: civil society and digital rights groups warning. Toolkits and reports supporting fundamental rights. AI In the world: U.S. policy targeting online safety professionals. Events: Future of Work in the Age of AI; RightsCon 2026. A newsletter by the European Disability Forum. Supported by the European Artificial Intelligence and Society Fund.
Conceptual image with AI text in the middle
from left to right: MEP Ciarán Mullooly MEP Pál Szekeres Yannis Vardakastanis, President of the European Disability Forum Commissioner Hadja Lahbib MEP Alex Saliba MEP Brando Benifei
The cover of the Strategy document with a collage of diverse persons with disabilities
A black and white photo ofa person using two hands to shield themsevles
A sign with EDF logo and Great European landmarks. Below a photo and text of: the Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum, and the cover of the disability rights strategy and the ";next phase of the European Disability Rights Strategy?"
Members of the Disability Intergroup and the European Disability Forum (foreground) meeting with Commissioner Hadja Lahbib (background).
Promotional banner with a laptop showing in the screen the newsletter
A hands holding a sign with a heart coloured in blue and yellow as the Ukrainian flag.
Close up of European Parliament's Disability Rights Week 2025 roll up. In the blurry background, 6 speakers of the Transport Committee event mobility for persons with disabilities.
The main square of Zaragoza with the 1st prize
The garden and famous castle of Salzsburg and next to words 'special Mention to accessibility in housing '
The main square of Valencia showing a nice fountain and the saying special mention for accessibility preparedness
The main square of Piacenza with a big church, with the text 'Special Mention for Information and Communications Technology'
The Access City prizes in a table
Ioannis Vardakastanis speaks
Cypriot representative
Commissioner Lahbib speaking
Poster for the European Day of Persons with Disabilities, 4-5 December 2025.
A post with the following text: "On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities we call on European Union Institutions to: - Strengthen funding for European and national organisations of persons with disabilities in the next MFF. - Reverse restrictions and ensure funding for civil society, including advocacy that protects citizens’ rights. - Boost civil society support: recommit to the ECBA Directive, monitor civic space, and protect Human Rights Defenders.
A banner for Accesisble Europe Region conference, with the information of Ioannis Vardakastins, President of European Disability Forum and the Green national disability confederation. Next yo it, a stilised version of a person in a square and a circle over a picture of a big square with old building
Accessible Spaces for All Conference opening and keynote speakers: Alejandro Moledo (EDF) and Emiliano Deferrari (European Network Accessible Tourism) listening to Clara Kiess speaking (European Commission, Interreg Central Europe Programme Officer). Behind them, posters of the Accessible Spaces for All project on what they achieved).
Cover of Disaster by Design publication, showing an indundated street with dry stairs
Disability Intergroup Newsletter 2025 - Issue 3. Intergroup meetings, Disability Rights Week and more. MEPs’ work awareness raising, digital transition, housing crisis. Council Conclusions on Independent Living, EU Anti-Poverty Strategy, EU Migration and Asylum Strategy and more. Interview with MEP Alícia Homs: “It is essential to recognise housing as a fundamental right.” #EPDisability
alt="A young wheelchair-user, with a spare wheel on the back of her wheelchair, faces steps up to see a unique, monumental church. It's a round church fully painted in gold witha greenish cupule. "
A robot reads a book with AI written on it. Next to it the name of the toolkit 'A disability-inclusive Artificial Intelligence Act: updated guide to monitor implementation in your country'
On the left, EDF Board member Kristijan Grđan speaking in a panel. He is wearing a yellow tie and is flanked by people. A sign interpreter is interpreting in a picture-in-picture setting on the bottom right
alt="A photo of EU flags and the Commission Builidng overlaid in light blue tones, with text: 'Good news!' 'New actions on Disability Rights Strategy in 2026!"
Photo of Ioannis Vardakastanis, President of EDF with a quote "While the Council Conclusions do accurately reflect many of the things the disability movement is calling for, the Member States have clearly tried to let themselves off the hook: both in terms of admitting their own shortcomings, and in terms of committing to concrete actions that would pave the way for improvements."
Two hands holding 4 coins. Behind, an EU flag.
A graphic showing that 84% of people have no personal prepardness plans, vs only 71% in 2103
Promotional banner for World Cerebral Palsy Day with the official hashtag Unique and United
Promotional banner for the Disability Voice in September.
A blue bakcgorund with the word statement
Build Better Lives logo. better buildings today, for better lives tomorrow.
EDF staff member Roberta Lulli signs the Nicosia Declaration on behalf of the European Disability Forum
Humberto Insolera, a tall men in a suit, stands up and signs from the podium of the European Parliament
An older man in a wheelchair is pushed by an airport assistant through a windowed corridor witha bright blue floor from the gate to the plane
Promotional banner for the online exchange on the creation of women's committees within organisation of persons with disabilities. 25 September at 11:00 am Brussels time online. With EDF and funded by EU logos and an illustration of different women's silhouettes.
A hands-on experience on accessibility. Fireside chat with Oracle. 11 September 2025, 16:00 Central European Summer Time. Free online event by the European Disability Forum and Oracle.
Illustration in white a blue portraying a grupo of people with different disabilities.
View of Copenhagen with a Danish flag in the foreground