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Outcasts in German society: disabling, life threatening and economic burden of rare diseases not recognized

As many international studies and also the german Ethikrat put it (https://cripples-unite.de/discrimination-unknown-poor-situation-germany-rare-disease/): having a rare disease means facing multiple problems resulting in total exclusion from constitutional rights: 1. the subsistence level is not covered;2. many health costs have to be paid privately;3. in addition transportation and travel costs to see specialized doctors;4. and there are …

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Disability: Caring Neanderthals versus decaring in nowadays Germany

There is rising evidence that Neanderthals cared for their disabled children. In nowadays Germany there is an opposite trend- despite the ardent moral confessions of government officials: from the outside disabled people without money can not immigrate, inside it is made very difficult for disabled citizens to inherit, the fall on social care. The given …

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Discrimination unknown: poor situation of persons with rare diseases and multimorbidity in Germany still not acknowledged.

The German Institute for Human Rights criticised the continuing inadequate implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Germany (https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2023-08/deutsches-institut-menschenrechte-un-behindertenrechtskonvention-mangel). The lack of inclusion in schools and the lack of payment in working places which are designed to employ handicapped persons,  as well as the form of large residential facilities …

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Three funny little spots on disability by Aktion Mensch, Germany

These little Hollywood-ready spots by Aktion Mensch show the actual situation in Germany, being blind it is an obstacle race to walk on the road because many people leave things just carelessly on the streets, helps are not exactly helpful and having a not visible handicap often causes discussions with others who doubt that one …

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