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The priorities areas underlined are the following:
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(1) Accessibility: make goods and services accessible to people with disabilities

(2) Participation: ensure that people with disabilities enjoy all benefits of EU citizenship, remove barriers
to equal participation

(3) Equality: combat descrimination based on disability

(4) Employment: increase the participation of people with disabilities in the labour market, where they are
currently under-represented

(5) Education and training: Equal access to quality education and lifelong learning enable disabled people
to participate fully in society and improve their quality of life

(6) Social protection: promote decent living conditions, combat poverty and social exclusion

(7) Health: promote equal access to health services and facilities

(8) External action: promote the rights of people with disabilities in the EU enlargement and international
development programmes

Key disability initiatives

● the European accessibility act, EU directive 2019/882 on the accessibility requirements of products and
services
● regulations on the Rights of Passengers with Reduced mobility in main modes of transport
● EU directive 2016/2102 on the accessibility of website and mobile applications of public sector bodies
● EU disability card
● EU parking card
● EU directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment
and occupation

Source: Wikipedia

1 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1484