Udvalget foregreb også den forventede udvidelse af ligestillingsdirektivet og har foreslået to særlige foranstaltninger for handicappede - en generel foranstaltning, der skal sikre, at medlemsstaterne tager hensyn til behovene hos de mennesker, der har særlige handicap, når de kommunikerer med dem, og en anden foranstaltning, der vedrører betaling af udgifter til en person, der ledsager en handicappet, som har brug for hurtig lægebehandling i udlandet.
The committee has also anticipated the proposed extension of the Equalities Directives and has proposed two measures particularly relating to people with disabilities - one a cross-cutting measure to ensure that Member States take the needs of people with particular disabilities into account when they are communicating with them and, secondly, in terms of providing for payment for the expenses of someone to accompany a disabled person who needs urgent medical treatment abroad.