26 April 2019
This month Athina Giannoutsou joined our team! She will be IF's European Policy Officer, becoming the main liaison between our European members and the EU institutions.
25 April 2019
People born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus are at risk of accelerated ageing and need to be protected against financial hardship and institutionalisation
16 April 2019
Former Environmental Minister Guro Fjellanger, born with spina bifida, passed away much too soon at the age of 55.
9 April 2019
Our Italian member organisation ASBI will coordinate a skiing project named “SKI for ALL”, part of the Erasmus+ Sport program and intended for children and young people with SBH or traumatic injuries.
8 April 2019
This years' World Health Day was focused on Universal Health Coverage (UHC). We joined the European Patients' Forum (EPF) and six other patients organisations, asking together for UHC in Europe and all over the world!
28 March 2019
IF’s long-time partners Femke Bannink, Ruth Nalugya and Geert van Hove are the authors of a study aiming to give a new perspective on how disability is perceived in Uganda, and to develop a better way to include children with disabilities in the primary education system.
14 March 2019
Yesterday 13th of March the European Accessibility Act was approved by the European Parliament. Even if there is still a long way to go, a first step towards creating a more accessible and inclusive Europe is done!
13 March 2019
It's such a great news to learn that Elena Zappoli, who is IF Board member and President of APEBI, has been designated as Director of the National Observatory of Disability!
12 March 2019
We're so happy to hear that our partner organisation SHA-U, supported also by Norad and RHF, is distributing folic acid in schools to girls of childbearing age!