#Disability

Germany: innovative and enhanced website for online pastoral care of the deaf in sign language

EU Parliament: plenary session in Strasbourg from 4 October. Promoting the rights of citizens with disabilities

Catholic schools. CSSC: almost 8,000 schools with over half a million pupils. Msgr. Giuliodori, “restart with confidence and renewed commitment in the light of the Global Compact on Education”

The 23rd Report of the Italian Study Centre for Catholic Schools (CSSC) regarding post-emergency education, records a total of 7,800…

Sixty-nine life medals. Tokyo Paralympic Games are over. Porru (FISPES): “Italy is a frontrunner in this field”

The 16th Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games are over. The long sporting season in Japan ended yesterday with a victorious outcome…

Austria: “Kinderhotel Collegialitat”, a holiday hotel for children with disabilities and their families

The Church and disabilities. Sister Donatello (CEI): “Persons with disabilities have positions of responsibility. It’s not a matter of quotas”

“The Italian Church does not speak about them, but with them. People with disabilities ought to play an increasingly important…

EU Commission: “Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”. Jourova, “ensuring integration and quality of life”

Eurostat: “people with disabilities threatened by poverty”. Higher risk in Bulgaria, better situation in Slovakia and northern countries

Disability: EU Commission on Strategy 2010-2020, “progress” but also “room for improvement”

Eurostat: social welfare spending in Europe. Italy, few funds for child benefits

Autism. Vicari (neuropsychiatrist): “The network of the Italian Church can become a valuable partner of the NHS for an increasingly high level of care”

The Italian Bishops’ Conference presented the findings of a survey promoted by its Pastoral Care Office on Church-based healthcare structures…