Media & Disability

The abm is a non-profit organisation that has been working in German media for more than twenty years with the aim of increasing the awareness of disability in the public.

The Consiglio Nazionale sulla Disabilità (CND) is the unitary and independent Italian body representing persons with disabilities and their families in European actions and policies.

Meosz is the national federation of disabled persons’ associations in Hungary founded by grassroots associations of people with disabilities.

The Swedish Disability Federation is the united voice of the Swedish disability movement before government, the parliament and national authorities. The federation was founded 1942 and consists today of 43 national disability organisations with about 500 000 individual members. The Swedish Disability Federation is a member of the European Disability Forum (EDF), an umbrella organisation representing about 50 million people with disabilities in Europe.

TV-Glad - the first TV-station in the world for and by people with learning disabilities - is a Danish organisation of approximately 130 employees distributed over six TV-Glad branches in Denmark.

Fundacion ONCE is Spain’s largest cross-disability organisation. It was established in 1988 and has employment and accessibility as its two key objectives. Fundación ONCE is an associate member of the European Disability Forum (EDF) Fundación ONCE is the project leader.

EACA, the European Association of Communications Agencies, brings together the advertising, media and sales promotions agencies across Europe, enabling international experience and issues to be shared and dealt with on a pan-European basis. It provides an important link between agencies, advertisers and the advertising media in Europe and around the world and participates closely in the setting of standards in many aspects of the business across Europe.

RNIB is the UK's largest disability organisation offering information, support and advice to people with sight problems. Founded in 1868, RNIB has a strong tradition and commitment to improving the life chances of blind and partially sighted people.

Stowaryszenie Przviaciol Integracii (Friends of Integration Association).
Integracja is a Polish non-governmental, non-profit organization. It provides education and information for people with disabilities. The association leads Information Centre of the People with Disabilities, publishes a bi-monthly magazine, books and leaflets, produces TV programme, and organizes social campaigns, conferences, exhibitions and concerts.

Servimedia was established by Fundación ONCE in 1989 with the aim to promote social information, including about people with disabilities, in the mainstream media. Currently, Servimedia has 100 staff members, 40% of which are people with disabilities. It is considered as the third press agency in Spain.

National Council of Disabled People’s Organisations of Slovenia (NSIOS) is the representative voice of Slovenian disabled people due to the fact that it unites 15 existing Slovenian representative disabled people’s organisations. This means that more than 98% of all organised disabled people are members of NSIOS. Members of NSIOS operate within a nation wide network of 230 disability societies on local/municipal level.
NSIOS includes all major impairment groups and is the advocate for human rights for disabled people in the civil dialogue with public and private stakeholders.