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Main monitoring findings

Across the 14 countries monitored, only a relatively small number of children with intellectual disabilities are in mainstream schools. Many children with intellectual disabilities remain totally excluded from education. Others are in "special" schools, which often offer only sub-standard education and do not teach them the social skills necessary to live in society. Training and education opportunities for young people with intellectual disabilities in transition years is very limited, and not geared towards providing them with the skills they need in employment.

The unemployment rate of people with intellectual disabilities in the same countries approaches 100 per cent. Those few people with intellectual disabilities who do work are usually placed in sheltered workshops, which tend to further enhance their isolation from society. Across Europe, only a small number of people with intellectual disabilities enjoy supported employment services, allowing for their integration into the open market through day to day support and coaching.

The reports highlight existing examples of education mainstreaming and supported employment, which demonstrate that, with openness and political will, solutions can be found. NGOs, particularly those representing people with intellectual disabilities and their families, have played an important role in pushing forward models of good practice, but such initiatives require Government and European support, if they are to become the rule rather than the exception. The reports' recommendations give clear indications on how to ensure that these few success cases can be more widely replicated, both at the national level and internationally.

The limited availability of statistical data, particularly data disaggregated by individual type of disabilities, posed an important barrier in analysing the actual situation of people with intellectual disabilities. The reports call on Government to ensure better availability of complete and clear data, without which it is difficult to develop policy that meets the specific needs of a group.

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