User:Dodger67/Sandbox/Disability in Finland

Finnish law defines a disabled person as someone who has long-term difficulties in managing activities of daily life.{{cite web|url=http://www.infopankki.fi/en/living-in-finland/health/disabled-persons |title=Disabled persons |publisher=Infopankki.fi |date= |accessdate=2018-03-09}}

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.disability-europe.net/country/finland |title=Finland - The Academic Network of European Disability experts (ANED) |publisher=Disability-europe.net |date= |accessdate=2017-08-10}}

Demographics

Finland's rate of disability, 32.2%, is the highest in the European Union.{{cite web|title=Facts and Figures on Disability|url=http://www.step-hear.com/accessibility-facts-figures.htm|website=www.step-hear.com|accessdate=9 March 2018|language=en}}

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.infopankki.fi/en/living-in-finland/health/disabled-persons |title=Disabled persons |publisher=Infopankki.fi |date= |accessdate=2017-08-10}}

Legislation and government policy

  • {{cite press release|url=http://www.formin.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=346204&nodeid=15146&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |title=Finland ratifies the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol |publisher=Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland |date=2016-05-12 |accessdate=2017-08-28}}

Advocacy

Employment

Social security

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.kela.fi/web/en/disability |title=Disability benefits |publisher=kela.fi |date=2012-10-22 |accessdate=2017-08-10}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://stm.fi/en/disability-services |title=Disability services - Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö |publisher=Stm.fi |date= |accessdate=2017-08-10}}

Education

  • {{cite web|url=https://www.european-agency.org/country-information/finland/national-overview/special-needs-education-within-the-education-system |title=Finland - Special needs education within the education system | European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education |publisher=European-agency.org |date= |accessdate=2017-08-10}}

Sport

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.vammaisurheilu.fi/in-english |title=Finnish Sports Association for Persons with Disabilities |publisher=Vammaisurheilu.fi |date=2017-06-13 |accessdate=2017-08-10}}

References

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