Overall, there has been apparent lack of systematic research with regards to the employment of disabled people in Greece. Research evaluating the impact of active policies and funding programmes intended to promote employment for disabled people is entirely absent. More qualitative research should also focus on the obstacles in accessing employment and the kind of assistance needed within the workplace, so as to feedback to guidelines for implementing equality in employment.
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Since 1999 until 2007 (latest available) disability is not counted in national statistical surveys for social inclusion (monetary terms) and social exclusion (non-monetary indicators such as fulfilling basic needs, social deprivation, quality of life). Data is analysed according to age, sex, work, level of education and type of household.

The rate of individuals below poverty line was 20% in 2007 (set threshold: 6.120€ per year for individuals and 12.852€ for a couple with two dependent children) against 19.6% in 2005. There remains a considerable difference with the EU-25 average at 16%, while the difference for people over 65 is much larger at 28% compared to 18% in EU-25.
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Employment law and policy with regards to disability in Greece is one of the most active fields of action for social inclusion of disabled people. The law involves both mainstream approaches and special activation policies for the employment of disabled people, although the former has only recently been a reality by transposing EU directives for equal treatment and accessibility at work.
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The key features of the community support system in Greece for people with disability are financial empowerment through disability benefits and pensions, provision of aids and equipment and the provision of state-funded community-based or short-term residential rehabilitation services (L2072/1992). Local support started to appear in the form of small pilot projects with Help at Home in 1997 (L5814/1997), and developed through local social services departments and networks of support centres across the country only after 2003 (L3106/03).
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“We’ll get her taken care of, but he can’t go through the bar with you,” the hostess at a local restaurant told Matt Rosbrugh pointing to his 5-year-old son, Lucas, sitting on his shoulders.

“I’m sorry, but he will be going with us,” Matt snapped back as he made his way down the ramp and through the barroom to his table.
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An army man’s wife, mother of two, a restaurateur with a social cause, a former beauty queen, an accomplished swimmer on the international platform and now a wannabe biker; 38 year-old Deepa Malik wears a multitude of hats and firmly refuses to let any conversation veer to sympathy that her wheelchair status often attracts. Suffering from Arachnoid cyst, Malik lost the use of her legs after three operations that rendered her a paraplegic in 1999.
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New Delhi: Disabled persons comprise six per cent of the population of Delhi.
* A year ago, the Delhi government had announced a social security stipend for disabled persons. To qualify, applicants need to be registered with the Special Employment Exchange, Ministry of Labour, for three years.
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Malaysia, PETALING JAYA: Now that she is wheelchair-bound, Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun understands the difficulties faced by disabled persons.

“I am now temporarily disabled. I came in mobility-transport assistance for the disabled.
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Jessie Kierbow was a strikingly low-maintenance baby. She was so good, in fact, that her parents were occasionally uneasy. “She never cried,” said Jessie’s mom, Lisa Kyler. “We couldn’t tell when she was sick, because she didn’t cry. And she was fascinated with the ceiling fan – she could stare at it for hours.”
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