8 Amendments of Birgit SIPPEL related to 2010/2272(INI)
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for a new efficient approach to disability starting from the creation of a European Disability Committee as a more effective mechanism to coordinate and monitor the implementation of the EDS;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that people with mental disabilities are particularly exposed to the risk of abuse and violence, and calls on the Member States to adopt a developed control mechanism to guarantee the respect of human rights and freedoms of people in residential institutions, with special regard to disabled women; and take measures to promote the transition from institutional to community-based care;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Expresses disappointment with the limited involvement of persons with lack of transparency and disabilities in data collection and consultation and considers that the Commission should encourage the participation of persons with disabilities to consultation procedures that must be fully accessible, designed in a way to allow articulated comments and supported by effective information campaigns: 336 replies by civil society on the Commission's consultation, which was held on the Commission's central consultation website in 2009, shows that the information campaign did not reach targeted groups;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Observes that a mutually-recognised parking card for people with disabilities and a unified EU charter for travellers’ rights are relevant for the inclusion of people with disabilities in society; calls for the mutual recognition of disability cards between Member States, for example through the introduction of a European Disability Card, in order to ensure that people with disabilities in every EU Member State have access to the benefits and entitlements available there; emphasises that such mutual recognition would make it much easier for people with disabilities in the EU Member States to work, study and travel;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that sheltered workshops ands well as integrated workplaces could be equally valuable solutions to employingaccompany and support people with different disabilities in accordance with applications of reasonable accommodationthe transition toward an open labour market;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. States that the present education and training systems in general do notare not enough to prevent a high drop-out rate of people with disabilities; stresses that this leads to intensifiedmajor social and employment disadvantages among disabled people, especially during the present economic crisis; emphasises, therefore, the need to support education and training programmes geared to the requirements of young people with disabilities in order to ease their transition to working life; calls on the Member States and the Commission to afford people with disabilities better access to information about existing mobility and training programmes;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission and Member States to intensify the general information provided for parentfamilies with disabled children in order to include early recognition and support and open up possible solutions for their needs;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. States that, compared to the average, people with disabilities have more chance of being poor; people with disabilities are particularly at risk of social exclusion and poverty; stresses that around 80 million people with disabilities are poor, including one million deaf people;