MORE THAN 9000 OUT OF 118 THOUSAND DISABLED PEOPLE REGISTERED IN
ARMENIA ARE CHILDREN AGED UNDER 18
YEREVAN, August 25 (Noyan Tapan). At present over 118 thousand
disabled people are registered in Armenia. More than 9000 out of them
are children aged under 18. Jemma Baghdasarian, the Chief of the
Department on Disabled and Elderly People Issues of RA Ministry of
Labor and Social Issues, informed Noyan Tapan that the number of
disabled people has been growing in the recent years, thus, this year
the number of disabled poople has increased by 3000 compared with the
previous year. According to the chief of the department, the growth of
the number of disabled people is explained by the fact that under the
present social conditions people don’t apply for medical help in
time. According to J.Baghdasarian, general diseases become the reason
of disablement in 60%, including oncological, cardiovascular diseases
and diseases of nervous system. Reporting that only 10% of disabled
people are provided with job J.Baghdasarian at the same time mentioned
that at present a number of programs aimed at integration of disabled
people to society are being implemented. For instance, “The Republican
Employment Agency” of the Ministry implements programs of training of
disabled people. They will be provided with job in the future. It was
mentioned that more than 20 NGOs take an active part in the process of
integration of disabled people to the society.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress