Tag Archives: people with disabilities

Instead of banning public transport means  when they have no infrastructure for people with disabilities, Greece’s Transport Ministry allows drivers of public transport means to refuse boarding of disabled people on public transport if the infrastructure is not suitable. In the event that the transport infrastructure does not comply with …

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A picture from the inauguration of a Sports Center on Crete went viral for a good reason and stirred the Greek society that expressed anger and outrage over the exclusion of a person with disabilities from a blessing ceremony.stirred the Greek society. The Sports Minister who awas present at the …

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced an extra Christmas bonus to health workers, low-pensioners and people with disabilities who receive allowance. The extra bonus is aiming to absorb price hikes for the benefit of those combating the pandemic and the vulnerable groups of the society. The bonus is one off payment. …

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Greek architect Dimitris Petrotos designed a laddroller that brings revolution to those people with mobility problems, especially those unable to stand. The laddroller is a futuristic powered standing wheelchair that elevates the user in the standing position instantly. This shapeshifting wheelchair is designed to maneuver rough terrain and provide upright …

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The man who wanted to save Greece from its debts, ranted against people with disabilities in general and the Greek Team in the Paralympics 2016 in particular. “They are hybrids, animals and thugs,” those who “dare” to organized the Paralympic Games” Artemis Sorras said in an unprecedented racist attack. “The …

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International Day for people with disabilities and Greeks on wheelchairs moved to the Finance Ministry in downtown Athens in order to protest austerity measures and benefits cuts and increase in prescription medicine participation, the collapse of the welfare state. But… Hey! Riot police decided that people with disabilities could eventually …

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“Where will these children go ? Where will the patients with multiple severe disabilities find care and treatment if the charity foundations will close down?” Dozens of Greek charities send an S.O.S. appeal to the world as underfunding and high taxes threaten to close them down. Charity foundations that provide …

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The Greek state prepared an ugly Christmas surprise to 60,000 people who had been receiving poverty allowance and are below 65 years old. Applying one more loan agreement (Memorandum of Understanding) conditions, the lavish welfare benefits (EKAS) of 400-600 euro per month will be cut. Thousands of retirees under age …

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In a shocking move Greeks with disabilities took off their artificial limbs and laid them down in front of the Parliament. On the occasion of International Disability Day, disabled activists launched a rally in downtown Athens to protest the “inhuman cuts in benefits for disabled people”.  more pictures here Protesters with …

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They were determined. The people with disabilities who gathered on Thursday morning to protest allowances, pensions and wages cuts, the deterioration of the health care system and the collapse of social welfare. Parents pushing their children’s wheelchairs, elderly accompanying kids with Down’s syndrome, blinds with their walking stacks, deaf with banners… 1,500 …

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