Author profile

Florian Sanden

Florian Sanden is policy coordinator at the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL) and a board member at Neurodiversity Belgium. He also serves on the WHO Technical Advisory Group on the WHO European framework for action to achieve the highest attainable standard of health for persons with disabilities 2022–2030.

How the EU Can Break Barriers for Disabled Workers

Florian Sanden

Reforming state aid rules could revolutionize the integration of disabled people.

For socially fair European disability cards

Florian Sanden

The proposal from the European Commission would fall short of equal citizenship for disabled people.

Disabled people and the right to personal assistance

Florian Sanden

Coming EU guidance on independent living should not squander the chance to improve the lives of millions of disabled people.

Does the European Care Strategy care about disability?

Florian Sanden

The European Commission’s initiative on long-term care addresses disability yet ignores key aspects of international law.

Deinstitutionalising disabled people—making it happen

Florian Sanden

Adoption of strategies on deinstitutionalisation could reinvigorate a stalled process in Europe.

Disability: EU funding of institutions barely legal

Florian Sanden

Is the European Commission complying with the UN convention on disability vis-à-vis funding institutions from the EU budget?

Deinstitutionalisation, disability and delay

Florian Sanden

After a decade of inertia, the EU has made little progress on the deinstitutionalisation of disabled people.