Overcoming obstacles to equality: the battle for disability rights in the EU
In the European Union as a whole, 101 million adults have some form of disability: that's in excess of a quarter of the European population. More than half of them say they are discriminated against. A third of disabled people are at risk of poverty. The national inclusion policies of the EU Member States vary widely. Europeans' Stories visited the Netherlands, where a large number of measures have been implemented to guarantee the rights of people with disabilities.
