4 Amendments of Åsa WESTLUND related to 2010/2272(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need for a new efficient approach to disability, starting with the creation of a more effective mechanism to coordinate and monitor the implementation of the EDS; stresses in this context how important it is that people with disabilities, and civil society organisations working in this area, should be involved in this work;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls Article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in which the State Parties undertake to ensure that persons with disabilities are not excluded from the general education system, or from secondary education, on the basis of disability, and that reasonable accommodation is provided for the individual’s requirements, together with the support required; urges the Member States to meet their undertakings;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of ensuring more people with disabilities enter employment by means such as imposing specific quotas on employers or measures to adapt jobs to the needs of job-seekers with disabilities; calls on the EU institutions to set an example as regards the employment of people with disabilities and urges the Member States to pursue this strategy too;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Stresses the importance of the Member States adopting the EU Directive on equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, and calls on the Member States to make this a priority and adopt it as soon as possible;