Inclusion indicators 2023
Rights and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in 29 European countries
There is a lot of work to be done in Europe to realise full inclusion. The rights of people with intellectual disabilities should be respected. Everywhere. All the time. But governments mostly ignore people with intellectual disabilities and their families.
This means not only they are limiting their rights. Not only keeping in place harmful outdated laws, policies, and practice. It also means governments fail to collect and provide information to describe the situation of people with intellectual disabilities and their families. How can they improve the situation, if they cannot answer the question: What does the country look like when it comes to rights and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities and families? That is where Inclusion indicators come in. Inclusion indicators show how Europe limits the rights of people with intellectual disabilities and their families. And they provide data and comparable indicators across European countries.
Inclusion indicators
Inclusion indicators show data about the rights and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities and their families in European countries. We asked Inclusion Europe members to provide this data. Inclusion Europe members are organisations of people with intellectual disabilities (self-advocacy organisations) and family organisations.
Inclusion indicators ask about 7 topics important to people with intellectual disabilities and families:
1. Right to decide and right to vote
2. Right to live independently and to be included in the community
3. Housing and support
4. Education
5. Employment
6. Healthcare
7. Representation
Inclusion indicators are useful for anyone who wants to:
- Learn about the situation for people with intellectual disabilities and families in a specific European country;
- Compare different countries;
- See an overall picture of the situation in Europe.
Anyone can use Inclusion indicators to call on their government or the European Union to respect the rights of people with intellectual disabilities and their families, and to improve their situation. We collected this data for the first time in 2023. We will repeat this every year, which means it will be possible to compare the development in a country (or several countries) over time. Inclusion indicators and survey can be improved each year as we learn from the previous experience.