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For a More Holistic Focus on Education – Enhancing the “Union of Equality” Strategy 2021-2030

Sampo Kolu, our youngest advisory board member, has formally submitted his response to the European Commission’s consultation on “Enhancing the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

“As a person with a physical disability, my personal experience has shown me how systems designed for a ‘norm’ can fail individuals who fall outside it, whom society perceives to be outliers, even when they are fully ready and able to contribute intellectually”

Here his full analysis and proposals.

 

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