The President of the European Deafblind Network (EdbN), Ricard Lopez, met with the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, in the context of the European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities (EPPD) to help raise awareness of the rights of people...
The UN Committee will meet with the disability movement in Geneva on Thursday, 2 April, to hear about their concerns over how the EU is implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD). The EU has ratified the UN...
Recent confirmation that they had access to the facilities housing the European Parliament was given to the European Deafblind Network (EDbN). The accredited status will allow our representatives of Deafblindness greater networking opportunities to contact all the...
On June 20, an open day meeting will mark the conclusion of the European Deafblind Indicators Project. After two years working on the European Deafblind Project, for Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission, the project is getting to an end. The last...
Recent information about the euthanasia of two brothers in Belgium has shocked the international media.According to information available, the Verbessem twins, deaf since birth, were diagnosed with a degenerative ocular disease that would deprive them of their sight...
