Since 2014, The European Union has been crafting policy on the rights of disabled people with “independent livingâ€� as a key element. Officials noticed the law wasn’t being followed in countries like Malta, so they moved these young people into their own apartments. But these were pretty much the only people in their 20s who weren’t still living at home. This is an example of Western bias in disability studies, says Stephen Meyers, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ associate professor of law, societies…

