AXSChat Podcast
AXSChat Podcast
Antonio Santos, Debra Ruh, Neil Milliken
How The European Parliament Can Make Accessibility Real
24 minutes Posted Aug 11, 2026 at 2:00 pm.
Welcome And Why Representation Matters
From Local Council To EU Parliament
Intersectionality Ableism And Far Right
European Accessibility Act Enforcement Reality
Political Will And The Irish Presidency
AI Promise With Rules And Rights
Who Pays Accessibility Costs And Labor
Procurement Leverage And Final Call
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Accessibility is not a “nice to have” add-on to the economy. It is consumer protection, civil rights, and a growth strategy, and it only becomes real when disabled people are in the rooms where power is exercised. We’re joined by Katrin Langensiepen, a Greens Member of the European Parliament, to talk candidly about what disability representation looks like inside EU policymaking, and how easily the media and the public can reduce a disabled politician to a single topic even when the work spa...