European Blind Union
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The voice of 30 million #blind and #PartiallySighted people in Europe.
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(1/7)📢 Recently, the European Blind Union participated in a public consultation about the future "Apply #AI Strategy" of the European Commission . EBU underlined that Artificial Intelligence has the potential to create fully accessible content.
European Commission European Disability Forum EASPD EU Social 🇪🇺 European Economic and Social Committee EU Fundamental Rights ➡️ #HumanRights ANEC | Raising standards for consumers World Blind Union International Disability Alliance (IDA) IAPB ENIL (2/7) If well implemented, this could mean a leap in accessing digital communication for people with #disabilities.
European Commission European Disability Forum EASPD EU Social 🇪🇺 European Economic and Social Committee EU Fundamental Rights ➡️ #HumanRights ANEC | Raising standards for consumers World Blind Union International Disability Alliance (IDA) IAPB ENIL (3/7) At the same time, our organisation pinpointed that the EU AI Act fails to ensure the protection and inclusion of persons with disabilities. 👇 The shortcomings are:
European Commission European Disability Forum EASPD EU Social 🇪🇺 European Economic and Social Committee EU Fundamental Rights ➡️ #HumanRights ANEC | Raising standards for consumers World Blind Union International Disability Alliance (IDA) IAPB ENIL (4/7) - Only high-risk AI systems have to comply with #accessibility requirements. - There is no meaningful consultation with representative civil society organisations during impact assessments...
European Commission European Disability Forum EASPD EU Social 🇪🇺 European Economic and Social Committee EU Fundamental Rights ➡️ #HumanRights ANEC | Raising standards for consumers World Blind Union International Disability Alliance (IDA) IAPB ENIL (5/7) ... Without inclusive data, accounting for the diversity within the disability community, AI systems may perpetuate biases and fail to meet the needs of all persons with disabilities.
European Commission European Disability Forum EASPD EU Social 🇪🇺 European Economic and Social Committee EU Fundamental Rights ➡️ #HumanRights ANEC | Raising standards for consumers World Blind Union International Disability Alliance (IDA) IAPB ENIL (6/7) - The Act prohibits AI systems exploiting vulnerabilities due to disability, but lacks concrete measures to prevent discrimination in critical areas like education, employment, and credit scoring, where people with disabilities are at higher risk.
European Commission European Disability Forum EASPD EU Social 🇪🇺 European Economic and Social Committee EU Fundamental Rights ➡️ #HumanRights ANEC | Raising standards for consumers World Blind Union International Disability Alliance (IDA) IAPB ENIL (7/7) - Certain sectors such as law enforcement and migration are excluded from Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments and there is no mandatory stakeholder engagement.
📢 The European Blind Union asks Equality Commissioner for an ambitious update of the European #DisabilityStrategy. Today, an EBU delegation met with the Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, Hadja Lahbib. For more information: tinyurl.com/35mcxa9y
Digital products and services must be accessible to #VisuallyImpaired people. 💻 On #GAAD2025, AVEUGLES DE FRANCE hosted a series of round tables focused on analysing the current state of #DigitalAccessibility in France. Full account of the event: tinyurl.com/3zyx9f9w
