Sink or Swim: Disability in European Schools

Dec 17, 2018, 10:42 AM

European Schools in Brussels are failing to accommodate the needs of children with disabilities, according to a new report - with one mother describing the school's approach as "sink or swim". The study, by Human Rights Watch and the European Disability Forum, found that children with special needs were "rejected, pressured into changing schools, or not provided with appropriate support to allow them to learn and thrive". Shantha Rau Barriga, disability rights director at Human Rights Watch, and Catherine Naughton, director of the European Disability Forum, talk us through the findings.