BackPeople with disabilities were in the spotlight Tuesday, 3 December 2013, as a series of events was held to mark the International Day of People with Disability. Integration of people with disabilities benefits all, President Borut Pahor said at a reception he hosted with PM Alenka Bratušek and Speaker Janko Veber.
On the other hand Boris Šuštaršič, the president of the National Council of Disabled People's Organisations (NSIOS), said that although Slovenia has a modern system of protection of people with disabilities, they are no longer included in the drafting of regulations that concern them.
The day also brought some welcome news for the disabled, as Infrastructure Minister Samo Omerzel announced that large families and people with disabilities will not have to pay the full price for motorway toll stickers for vans, but EUR 110 as so far, instead of EUR 220 for the new annual vignette for big vehicles.
At another event, Human Rights Ombudsman Vlasta Nussdorfer said people with disabilities were facing many problems in integration in society, and often had to live on very low disability benefits. Moreover, she noted that people with disabilities were not campaigning together for their rights.
The Employment Service presented the trends and cases of best practice in employment of people with disabilities at a press conference today, announcing that the number of unemployed disabled people stood at 17,397 at the end of October, indicating a reversal in a years-long increasing trend. A total of 2,681 disabled people found employment in the first ten months of the year, which is almost as many as in the whole of last year.
To read the full press release, please visit the website of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia.
Source: Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia
