Autism-Europe is an international not-profit organisation whose main objective is to advance the rights of persons with autism and their families and to help them improve their quality of life. Autism-Europe has ensured effective liaison among more than 80 member associations of parents of persons with autism in more than 30 European countries. The organisation also plays a key role in raising public awareness, and in influencing the European decision-makers on all issues relating to the rights of people with autism and other disabilities involving complex dependency needs. Autism Europe signed a cooperation agrement with the Erasmus Student Network in February 2014 in the framework of their collaboration in the ExchangeAbility and Mapability project.