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A public consultation by the European Commission has been launched regarding the European Disability Card which seeks to gather the opinion of persons with disabilities, their organizations and other interested stakeholders regarding this new instrument in the making. For as long as I can remember, travelling around the EU as a person with a disability has been a riddle of which benefits and discounts work where and whether a particular institution honours them or not even if I'm not a local. The European Disability Card could change that. You can feel the survey in using the form below, available in all of the 24 EU languages. ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/E… ##Europe #EuropeanUnion #Disability #EU

European Disability Card

EUSurvey is an online survey-management system built for the creation and publishing of globally accessible forms, such as user satisfaction surveys and public consultations.
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in reply to Paweł Masarczyk

modulux
modulux
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Just filled it in. Sounds like a good idea, it's often confusing to know what one is entitled to, and if one has the right to it at all.
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Paweł Masarczyk
Paweł Masarczyk
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@modulux I hope the implications become wider as time progresses. I moved to a different country three times and have either studied or worked there. Having my disability formally recognized was a lot of paperwork each time and I can only be thankful I found competent people who helped me navigate that system. For travelling the current scope of interest would work great for tourism, especially public transport. Maybe with time it will also contribute to having more affordable international travel. I am sure that financial security would give more confidence to those who were hesitant about travelling before.
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Mikołaj Hołysz
Mikołaj Hołysz
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@modulux It’d be great if this had some kind of an online component. This would, among other things, be useful for libraries for the blind, as verifying proofs of disability across borders is definitely non-trivial, particularly considering the number of languages spoken in the EU. Despite the Marakesh treaty existing for a few years now, getting access to accessible books outside your own country still remains a dream for many, as there’s no working technical infrastructure for either interlibrary loans or cross-border disability verification.
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in reply to Mikołaj Hołysz

Paweł Masarczyk
Paweł Masarczyk
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@miki @modulux A mobile version of the card is being considered and you can actually check that as your preference in the survey. Probably that's not what you're looking for but at least it's some form of digitization that opens the way for more in the future E.G. scanning the QR code.
@Mikołaj Hołysz @modulux
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modulux
modulux
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Yep, one of the survey questions is whether the card should be physical, online, or both. Both seems best to me.
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