The article presents the proceedings of the Eighth Western- European conference “Accessible environment for people with disabilities: technological and social contexts”, which took place on September 27–29 2018 in Saratov. The conference was organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the European Council for Education and Rehabilitation of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI-EUROPE), Gagarin Saratov State Technical University, Chernyshevsky Saratov National Research State University.