Services for the disabled

The term disability assistance includes organized support and counseling services for people with disabilities. Facilities and Activities of the disabled include:

  • Counseling centers
  • Early Intervention
  • Integrative institutions such as kindergartens or Integrationsbetriebe
  • Special and remedial education kindergartens
  • Special schools
  • Special vocational schools, for example, for the hearing impaired
  • Vocational training for, for example, blind or hearing impaired
  • Occupational integration assistance
  • Housing and care services for people with disabilities
  • Workshops for people with disabilities ( sheltered workshops )
  • Transportation Services

Be worn these institutions in the Federal Republic of voluntary organizations, such as Caritas, Social Service, Self-help, self-help initiatives, parent associations or, if there is no free support is available for the acquisition of appropriate tasks available from public sources, which corresponds to the principle of subsidiarity.

For the financing, there is no consistent basis. Be billed the deals of Services according to § § 53-60 of the Twelfth Book of the Social Code (SGB XII), the nursing care insurance (SGB XI), the Employment Promotion Law (SGB III), the Law on the Rehabilitation and Integration of People with Disabilities ( SGB IX), the § 35a ( integration assistance for mentally disabled children and young people ) of the Children and Youth Welfare law (SGB VIII) and various health and rehabilitation services (including SGB V and SGB VII). The funding of schools is basically the states.

See also: SIVUS method

Associations for the disabled

After the affiliation of the facilities at certain associations of voluntary welfare associations to organize a large part of the facilities in so-called corporate trade associations, with the aim of exchanging and lobbying at political level.

  • Caritas disability assistance and psychiatry eV (CBP )
  • Social Service Württemberg e.V.
  • Federal Association for the physically disabled eV ( BvkM )
  • Self-help
  • Federal Association of Evangelical Disabled eV ( BEB )
  • Association for Anthroposophical curative education, social therapy and social work
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