elderly with a mental health disability [ mentally disabled elderly | mentally retarded elderly | mentally deficient elderly | mentally handicapped elderly | mentally impaired elderly ]

International League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicaps | ILSMH [Abbr.] | ILSPMH [Abbr.]

Inclusion International - International League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicap | ILSMH [Abbr.]

Inclusion International [ International League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicap | International League of Societies for the Mentally Handicapped | European League of Societies for the Mentally Handicapped ]

Community technology initiative for disabled and elderly people | technology for the socio-economic integration of the disabled and elderly people | Technology Initiative for Disabled and Elderly people | TIDE [Abbr.]

Community Technology Initiative for Disabled and Elderly People

In the 16-19 age group the rate of non-participation in education is 37 % for considerably restricted people, and 25 % for those restricted to some extent, against 17 % for those not restricted [17].

15. Points out that accessibility to the internet and social media must also be ensured (e.g. readability of all public websites for people with visual impairment, with solutions also focusing on other types of disability that are non-visual, such as the adapting of complex content to the needs of the intellectually disabled and incorporating sign-language videos enabling content to be understood); expresses its concern that accessibility for citizens to government agencies and e-governance is not yet fully ensured; maintains that all people with disabilities, including older people with hearing disabilities, whose number and proportio ...[+++]n within society is, according to WHO estimates, especially on the rise, must be given access to digital literacy; welcomes, therefore, the Commission proposal for a directive on the accessibility of public sector bodies’ websites;

15. Points out that accessibility to the internet and social media must also be ensured (e.g. readability of all public websites for people with visual impairment, with solutions also focusing on other types of disability that are non-visual, such as the adapting of complex content to the needs of the intellectually disabled and incorporating sign-language videos enabling content to be understood); expresses its concern that accessibility for citizens to government agencies and e-governance is not yet fully ensured; maintains that all people with disabilities, including older people with hearing disabilities, whose number and proportio ...[+++]n within society is, according to WHO estimates, especially on the rise, must be given access to digital literacy; welcomes, therefore, the Commission proposal for a directive on the accessibility of public sector bodies’ websites;

B. whereas over 80 million people, or around 16 % of the European Union's total population, are living with disabilities – including people with mental health problems, with special regard to autism – and their rate of unemployment is at least twice as high as that of people without disabilities; whereas people with disabilities constitute a vulnerable group, among whom the rate of poverty is 70 % higher than average; whereas the rate of employment for people with disabilities is only around 45 %, while high-quality jobs ensure economic independence and foster personal achieveme ...[+++]nt; whereas unemployment increases the risk of poverty and social exclusion, since at least a quarter of the population suffer once during their lifetime from a mental health problem and whereas for 10 % of them this can lead to chronic mental health problems, underlining the need for active and targeted policies to combat this persistent situation; whereas the higher risk of poverty is often the result of limited access not only to employment and training but also to healthcare and appropriate treatment,