So, how are the disabled treated in Greece, what kind of help do they get?

Answer 1

As you probably already know. Greeks find it difficult to deal with imperfections of any kind whether it be glasses to disabled.
It's a fact that the streets/ the shops/ life in general is not disabled- friendly .... most places are not even pushchair friendly - never mind wheelchairs.
I don't believe that disabled or people with other problems (e.g Downs syndrome) have the best quality of life here. The only place I have seen people with disabilities employed is at the post office - hubby told me this is a policy of the post office.
I wish things were different here - but unfortunately this is one of the down sides of Greece.
When I was pregnant I'd already decided that should I have a child with any kind of disability I would leave my husband and Greece and bring the child up in UK. My doctor insisted I take the downs syndrome test as I was over 35 but I stood my ground and refused as I'd already made up my mind about bringing up a child - I would never have subjected a child with a disability to life in Greece.
I love Greece, it's my home and my family is Greek, but sadly this is happening daily. My husband's cousin has a downs syndrome child and basically she goes to school (a tiny school where an English friend of mine offered to work free of charge (they refused) and then home where she is brought up by the grandparents - the parents can't cope. Everything is grand if everything remains 'normal'.

Just to add - this is not a stab at Greece - this is reality. I worked daily with a Down's Sydrome child in Athens - every morning we'd exercise together ... we'd do English lessons ... I taught her to dance! But her mother and father were doing their best to help her to get her placed in a normal school - they had the money and the means to fight this until she was accepted in a school in Palio Pyschico [sp]

Answer 2

As a Greek American, I say this with respect to all. I love my ancestral home of Greece and try to spend a lot of time there when I can. But to be honest, I will just repeat what other Greeks have said to me in the past.
Unfortunately Greece is not the best place for the disabled.
It's not for lack of compassion.. Greeks are extremely compassionate people. It's just that as far as facilities for the diabled, Greece lags behind most western countries.
Not just in this department but in other areas as well.
As the economy continues to improve over the years, this
issue will no doubt be addressed with sincerity and kindness.
But as for right now, Greece is a long way off. In many if not most parts of Greece, the roads and "sidewalks" are in constant disrepair. Well, what did you expect from a country that goes back three thousand years in history?
I Cr 13;8a
Ps 122;6
Ps 92;1

Answer 3

Check out Marika Meatsautaki, Vardinogianni, the Municipalities (Thimoi), and the Greek government of the help they provide. It is a lot! Still need to have more and more places accessible by handicapped all over the world.
You are not specifying who you are asking this for??
For the blind for example, there has been help since 1920's in Greece.
Must say though, visiting US lately again I felt as if the Handicapped people had more rights than me, and were getting much better deals...everyone was running around with an electric wheel chair because of Obesity!

Answer 4

Seems to me like you already know.....so why don't you tell us so we can know too???