Disability
Greek team creates “future” wheelchair! (video)
A Greek start-up offering disabled people an innovative, eco-friendly standing wheelchair is among the 30 finalists finalists in Chivas Regal’s “The Venture”, an international contest open to social entrepreneurs who are using their business as a force for good.
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Turkey's Changemakers: Guide Dogs Association
The Guide Dogs Association of Turkey is the 14th Changemaker in the eighth season of the Sabancı Foundation Turkey's Changemakers Program.
According to the Family and Social Policies Ministry, there are 750,000 people in Turkey with visual disabilities including persons with low vision.
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Just 10% of Disabled in Bulgaria Employed
In figures released by the National Social Security Institute persons with disabilities registered in Bulgaria are 689,187, of them 281,000 at a working age, according to BNR.
In unofficial statistics only 10% of them are employed - the estimate was announced at a press conference on creating employment for persons with disabilities.
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Australian ambassador calls for more integration
John Griffin, Australia's ambassador to Greece, has called on the country to aid the integration of mentally and physically disabled members of society.
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300,000 People at Active Age in Bulgaria Don't Want To Work for Personal Reasons
Nearly 1.5 million people at the age of between 15 and 64 are out of the labour force i.e. they are neither employed, nor registered as unemployed, showed data of the National Statistical Institute.
95-year-old woman rejected disability report from hospital
A 95-year-old woman has been rejected a health report required when applying for home-care wage after a hospital council found her disability rate was below 50 percent.
Seamen’s union strike suspended (video)
The Panhellenic Maritime Association, the seamen’s workers’ union, decided to suspend its strike on Saturday morning. This means that all ship routes start to operate normally in all ports of mainland and island Greece.
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1,500 disabled protesters demand dignity in large protest (video)
Members of the National Confederation of Persons with Disabilities (ESAMEA) are marching on Maximos Hall, the Greek PM’s residence, protesting against the government’s policies of spending cuts. Nearly 1,500 disabled protesters with are demanding humane benefits, shouting they cannot survive on 430 euros a month. “Let them try and live with 430 euros.
Tsipras pledges support for paraplegics
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday met with representatives of the Greek Association of Paraplegics who have been protesting government plans to reduce their monthly disability benefits and pensions.
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Protest for disability benefits
Demonstrators with physical disabilities protest outside the Maximos Mansion calling on the SYRIZA-led government not to cut down their monthly disability subsidy and pension, Athens, Thursday. [Michalis Karagiannis/Reuters]
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