EU: Students with Disabilities Face Barriers at European Schools

Expand A 13-year-old boy with learning disabilities, who had to leave the European School after it declared itself unable to meet his needs, prepares homework for his new school. © 2018 Lea Labaki/Human Rights Watch (Brussels) – European Schools, a network of 13 intergovernmental schools primarily teaching children of European Union employees, do not do enough to accommodate the needs of children with disabilities, Human Rights Watch and the European Disability Forum said in a joint report released today. The 22-page report, “‘Sink or Swim’: Barriers for Children with Disabilities in the…

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