How well does your country handle people with disabilities?
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OP You probably should specify between physical and mental disabilities.
You can get up to 75% of your last wage until your retirement age, depending on how disabled you are.
Exceptionally well for the specific use case where if you were once a high earner, and then fall disabled it’s solid, to the point that disability fraud was relatively common and now in a patch-on-a-patch method we have a giant bureaucratic system that makes everyone’s lives miserable with the a giant stake of court cases being about disability, welfare, denied claims etc.
But if you are disabled from child on, it’s literally a welfare level with by God’s grace additional funds to cover certain expenses done by the municipality.
The current political trend is breaking that first system down and put people on welfare as much as possible, due to the nature of the enshittification over the past decades.
Not great, it’s through the same system as unemployment and we don’t have unemployment insurance here so your previous salary doesn’t play any factor in benefits you receive. You can get considerable grants though for things like adapted housing and transport if you need it.
We do in theory have good protections for disabled people around discrimination but I don’t believe it’s as strong as the ADA.
We do have nationalised healthcare which works to a degree but mental health is very low priority.
My personal opinion is that we struggle in rehabilitating people. If you’re already employed somewhere and you get in an accident which results in you being disabled, then you come back to work, the system can deal with that quite well. If you have an issue from birth or you’re out of work more long term it can be much more of a struggle.
Good? I live in Sweden, I’m disabled but I only recently got my diagnosis. So even though I am disabled I’m not very knowledgeable atm. But I do get disability support from the government every month. And I am able to apply for more money if I need for housing for example. I also have a dentist card that makes visits not cost more than a certain amount (I think its about 200 swedish crowns, so about £20, not 100% certain on the amount though)
I feel supported enough. And I also realise I’m luckier than most. I also got my diagnosis and all the disability benefits just last year but it has significantly improved my life. I feel a lot happier and I look forward to the future for the first time in a very long time.
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OP You probably should specify between physical and mental disabilities.
You can get up to 75% of your last wage until your retirement age, depending on how disabled you are.
Exceptionally well for the specific use case where if you were once a high earner, and then fall disabled it’s solid, to the point that disability fraud was relatively common and now in a patch-on-a-patch method we have a giant bureaucratic system that makes everyone’s lives miserable with the a giant stake of court cases being about disability, welfare, denied claims etc.
But if you are disabled from child on, it’s literally a welfare level with by God’s grace additional funds to cover certain expenses done by the municipality.
The current political trend is breaking that first system down and put people on welfare as much as possible, due to the nature of the enshittification over the past decades.
Not great, it’s through the same system as unemployment and we don’t have unemployment insurance here so your previous salary doesn’t play any factor in benefits you receive. You can get considerable grants though for things like adapted housing and transport if you need it.
We do in theory have good protections for disabled people around discrimination but I don’t believe it’s as strong as the ADA.
We do have nationalised healthcare which works to a degree but mental health is very low priority.
My personal opinion is that we struggle in rehabilitating people. If you’re already employed somewhere and you get in an accident which results in you being disabled, then you come back to work, the system can deal with that quite well. If you have an issue from birth or you’re out of work more long term it can be much more of a struggle.
Good? I live in Sweden, I’m disabled but I only recently got my diagnosis. So even though I am disabled I’m not very knowledgeable atm. But I do get disability support from the government every month. And I am able to apply for more money if I need for housing for example. I also have a dentist card that makes visits not cost more than a certain amount (I think its about 200 swedish crowns, so about £20, not 100% certain on the amount though)
I feel supported enough. And I also realise I’m luckier than most. I also got my diagnosis and all the disability benefits just last year but it has significantly improved my life. I feel a lot happier and I look forward to the future for the first time in a very long time.