Det internationale år for handicappede (1981) gav anledning til, at man i EF gjorde situationen op, og Ministerrådet vedtog et handlingsprogram for er hvervshæmmedes indpasning i erhvervslivet.
The international year of the handicapped in 1981 led to a major review of Community action and led to a Council decision to launch a programme for the social integration of handicapped people.