📣 It started! EDF's Annual General Assembly 2023 kicks off with remarks from President Ioannis Vardakastanis. 👇🏻 Follow this thread for live updates on #EDFAssembly

President of EUCAP Heta Pukki and Executive Board member Martijn Dekker participate at the 5th European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities today. #DisabilityParliament

Background to the 5th EPPD #DisabilityParliament edf-feph.org/700-disability…

Support services offer much in theory but too often deliver little in practice, says policy coordinator Florian Sanden

Support community reparations for Autistic People of Color through the Autistic People of Color Fund! autismandrace.com/autistic-peopl…

Autistic advocates at the European Day of Persons with Disabilities conference today, strengthening alliances and working on creating change for all of us: Florian Sanden, Silke Rudolph, Sara Rocha, Alistair De Gaetano. Sara and Silke are EUCAP delegates. #EDPD2023

The first year of the EUCAP project Artificial Intelligence and the Rights of Autistic People (AIRA) is about to culminate in training days created by our project team, particularly our main trainer Kat Van der Poorten. #autism #ArtificialIntelligence eucap.eu/2023/12/02/__a…

For International Women's Day, we released a statement on the Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, which fell short of the promises and potential to protect autistic and disabled women in Europe. eucap.eu/2024/03/08/euc… #IWD2024

📣 Our survey results on views of autistic people regarding ABA in Europe have just been released! It shows 78% of the participants were against or strongly against ABA, with only 4.2% in favour or strongly in favour. See more about it here: eucap.eu/projects/aba/ #Autistic

Autistic people are not always represented in EU policy and legislation. This #EUElection, we want to highlight your priorities as an autistic person for MEP candidates and the European Parliament. Share them using the tag #AutisticVoicesInEU and our channels. 📢

If you identify yourself as an autistic person, share with us your priorities for this #EUElection and what do you think it's missing to make the EU more inclusive to #autistic people and tag #AutisticVoicesInEU 📣

The German MEP candidate Dr. Strack-Zimmermann used 'autistic traits' to describe what she considers shortcomings in a politician. Following negative reactions, she has apologized. Heta Pukki addresses the matter in an open letter. #AutisticVoicesInEU eucap.eu/2024/05/30/ope…