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"I voted for the report on the mobility and integration of people with disabilities, which addresses a problem that is often overlooked. While 80 million Europeans suffer from a disability, few measures succeed in making them participate fully in our societies. This is about improving disabled people’s access to goods and services so that they are not faced with additional barriers. Access to new technology, for instance, could be enhanced, so that people affected by a disability find it easier to use. The report calls on the Member States to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It advocates establishing a European Disability Board. It calls for improved design of urban space and of transport, greater consideration in education, and generally in the policies relating to the specific needs of those with disabilities. It emphasises how important it is for disabled people to access employment as well as the importance of the fight against poverty, which hits this section of the population particularly hard. This text was much needed and reminds us that equal treatment must apply to all, and that disabled people must not be left out."@en1
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