The European Disability Expertise (EDE) provides the European Commission's Disability and Inclusion Unit with scientific support and advice. One of the functions of EDE is to establish a mechanism for monitoring and evaluating EU laws and policies that affect persons with disabilities...

Austria is a wealthy modern welfare state with a population of about eight million people. The majority of the population are white and German speaking. Autochthonous and recognised minorities include Croats, Slovenes, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks and Roma. Starting in the late 1960s, Austria...