Disability Employment PackageCurrently, only half of the persons with disabilities of working age in the EU is employed. The Disability Employment Package supports Member States in improving labour market outcomes for persons with disabilities.European Accessibility Act (EAA)The EAA sets EU-wide accessibility requirements for certain products and services which are key for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in our digital world.European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilitiesThese cards will give persons with disabilities legal certainty that their disability status will be recognised when accessing special conditions or preferential treatment in a wide variety of services in the visited Member States.Persons with disabilities in the EUPersons with disabilities still face considerable barriers in society. Find resources and learn more about initiatives that strengthen rights and opportunities for persons with disabilities.Access City Award (ACA)Access City Award: List of winnersThe winners of the Access City Award 2025The winners of the Access City Award 2025 (Easy-to-read)Accessibility standardisationCommon European accessibility standards help remove barriers for persons with disabilities and others (for example, older people).European Accessibility Resource Centre AccessibleEUAccessibleEU is a resource centre on accessibility working on areas such as built environment, transport, information and communication technologies.European Disability Expertise (EDE)AboutDOTCOMReportsUnion of equality: Strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021-2030Monitoring frameworkUnion of equality: Strategy on the rights of persons with disabilities 2021-2030 (easy-to-read version)United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)The UNCRPD is the first international, legally binding instrument setting minimum standards for rights of people with disabilities, and the first human rights convention to which the EU has become a party.
Disability Employment PackageCurrently, only half of the persons with disabilities of working age in the EU is employed. The Disability Employment Package supports Member States in improving labour market outcomes for persons with disabilities.
European Accessibility Act (EAA)The EAA sets EU-wide accessibility requirements for certain products and services which are key for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in our digital world.
European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilitiesThese cards will give persons with disabilities legal certainty that their disability status will be recognised when accessing special conditions or preferential treatment in a wide variety of services in the visited Member States.
Persons with disabilities in the EUPersons with disabilities still face considerable barriers in society. Find resources and learn more about initiatives that strengthen rights and opportunities for persons with disabilities.
Access City Award (ACA)Access City Award: List of winnersThe winners of the Access City Award 2025The winners of the Access City Award 2025 (Easy-to-read)
Accessibility standardisationCommon European accessibility standards help remove barriers for persons with disabilities and others (for example, older people).
European Accessibility Resource Centre AccessibleEUAccessibleEU is a resource centre on accessibility working on areas such as built environment, transport, information and communication technologies.
Union of equality: Strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021-2030Monitoring frameworkUnion of equality: Strategy on the rights of persons with disabilities 2021-2030 (easy-to-read version)
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)The UNCRPD is the first international, legally binding instrument setting minimum standards for rights of people with disabilities, and the first human rights convention to which the EU has become a party.
