A day to look. To listen. And above all: to act.

Today is a day of protest. But tomorrow – and every day thereafter – we need political responsibility, clear legal progress and strong social commitment. Inclusion affects us all. And it starts with a firm determination to make our society worth living in for everyone – barrier-free, fair, and based on solidarity.

Be loud! Stay uncomfortable! For the rights of people with disabilities!

Because although Germany ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities back in 2009, people with disabilities experience still in 2025 discrimination, lack of accessibility and exclusion from many areas of social life on a daily basis.

We demand: The new federal government must fully commit to the principle of inclusion. A real paradigm shift is needed now – away from welfare and towards genuine equality and self-determination!

What specifically needs to change?

• Accessibility must become a binding obligation – in doctors‘ surgeries, in local transport, in the digital world.
• People with disabilities have the right to an inclusive labor market – not to lifelong special structures such as workshops.
• Every person must be allowed to decide for themselves where and with whom want to live – far away from inpatient constraints.
• Violence in institutions must be consistently prevented and the people affected must be effectively protected.
• Children with disabilities have a right to inclusive education 
• Political decisions must no longer be made about people with disabilities, but together with people with disabilities.

Every day, the regional Supplementary Independent Participation Counselling (EUTB®) of Charter22 works to ensure that participation is not a coincidence, but a reality for people with disabilities – through independent and low-threshold advice at eye level.