NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR INTEGRATION OF HANDICAPPED TO BE INTRODUCED

Views on BG | December 4, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

At a meeting with parliamentary deputy speaker Kamelia Kasabova, representatives of six local organizations of disabled people insisted that a national program for the social integration of the disabled is drafted by 2003.

3.3% of Bulgaria's population, or 266,000 people, are handicapped, data of the National Statistical Institute show. The figure includes only people certified as handicapped by an expert council.

The data were announced in connection with December 3, the International Day of the Disabled.
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