Disability

A platform lift for disabled persons at the Acropolis Hill is available to the public following repair work, Greece's Ministry of Culture said Wednesday.
Installed in 2004 as part of an effort to make Athens more accessible during the Olympics and Paralympics, the cage-like elevator has become increasingly prone to failure.

It is truly very, very difficult for someone to understand what is going on in Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis's head. The "proud" Cretan publicly embarrasses a man with disabilities with disturbing ease. The total lack of humanity - much less manners - is shocking. Such pettiness brings into question the moral compass of the Left.

Conservative candidate MEP Stelios Kymbouropoulos indicated on Thursday he is taking a controversial remark by Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis in his stride and will not shift focus from his goals.

The National Confederation of Persons with Disabilities (ESAA) said on Tuesday they will take legal action against Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis, who appeared to accuse an opposition candidate in the European elections of using his disability to get a job in the public sector.

Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis has sparked a fresh social media storm with comments that were branded by users as "immoral" and "vulgar" after he appeared to accuse an opposition candidate in the European elections of using his disability to get a job in the public sector.

Turkey on April 2 marks World Autism Awareness Day, which is celebrated internationally on April 2 following its adoption by the UN in 2007.

The people whom French New Wave filmmaker Agnes Varda focused on in her work wouldn't make the front page.

They were people who were defeated and weak - not exactly poor, but living on the margins of society. A rather peculiar margin. They are not helpless, they do not suffer from some form of disability, they are not angry with politics. They ignore it, just as it ignores them.

The National Alliance for Social Responsibility Association in Varna helps people with disabilities to find a job. It also focuses on parents who care for children with special needs but want to work. In Bulgaria, only 5% of people with disabilities manage to work on the labor market, reported the Bulgarian National Television. 

A man who is seeking government subsidies to buy a handicap accessible vehicle has been called to an interview to prove to a medical council he is with disability due to missing a leg.

The head of the Work Capability Assessment Commission in Lovech (central North Bulgaria). Donka Minkova, was arrested on 31st of January at a time she was receiving a bribe from an intermediary to help for issuing documents with false content. The intermediary was also detained. Some 13,000 BGN were found in him.