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Poverty Issues among People with Disabiliies
Pirkko Justander
Social Adviser
Finnish Association of People with Physical Disabilities
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Let`s survive
– but can one afford going to hairdressers and theatre?
An anti-poverty action plan.
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The main reasons for poverty among people with disabilities are:
• lack of working possibilities• difficulties to combine work with disability pension• low wages• the amount of disability pension is too low and has not followed the increase in the price level• statistics differ from average income• social and health care user fees• hidden costs
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Proposed improvements: a catechism
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Words by a famous Finnish author Tito Colliander
”One should always remember the frailty of man and the importance of bread”