Is the law fair to the disabled?

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The disablied have the same rights as everyone else. Laws are one thing, however, and implementation is another. Society often regards disabled people as unwell, unable to work, in need of help and deserving of pity. This is far from the case. All they really need is the opportunity to play their part in society. This survey shows how the various countries in the European Region go about giving them this opportunity.
Disabled people are increasingly able to earn their own living, travel about, live independently and take part in social and sporting events. This is due not only to changing social attitudes as a result of greater publicity, but also to
the increased emphasis on incentives for employers to employ disabled people, grants for the disabled to adapt their homes, and a switch of funds from institutional establishments to community support services. In many ways, countries have found that the changes make economic sense too. As the disabled are given better access to... Tovább

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The disablied have the same rights as everyone else. Laws are one thing, however, and implementation is another. Society often regards disabled people as unwell, unable to work, in need of help and deserving of pity. This is far from the case. All they really need is the opportunity to play their part in society. This survey shows how the various countries in the European Region go about giving them this opportunity.
Disabled people are increasingly able to earn their own living, travel about, live independently and take part in social and sporting events. This is due not only to changing social attitudes as a result of greater publicity, but also to
the increased emphasis on incentives for employers to employ disabled people, grants for the disabled to adapt their homes, and a switch of funds from institutional establishments to community support services. In many ways, countries have found that the changes make economic sense too. As the disabled are given better access to resources, so they are better able to pay their own way.
This is a heartening survey of the conditions disabled people now live under in the European Region, as we near the end of the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons, 1983-1992. It should be read with interest by disabled people themselves, by all those involved in their affairs, and anyone concerned about the way society treats its disadvantaged groups. Vissza