The gathering of signatures has begun for the supply of assistant providers for folks with disabilities

The portal of public initiatives “manabalss.lv” is gathering signatures to make sure that all disabled folks of the first and 2nd teams have entry to an assistant. The creator of the initiative is Raimonds Leinieks-Puke, a member of the board of the Latvian Society for the Safety of the Pursuits of the Unemployed and Job Seekers.

At the moment, individuals with sure practical impairments of a visible, motor or psychological nature are entitled to the providers of an assistant in self-government. This additionally applies to individuals who’ve acquired a fee opinion on medical indications for particular adaptation of a passenger automobile and for receiving advantages for compensation of transport bills, affected by renal failure requiring common hemodialysis remedy, recognized with a stage IV malignant tumor requiring symptomatic remedy, or recognized with a pediatric sickness as a reason for incapacity.

Based on the creator of the initiative, in Latvia there are various disabled folks of the primary and second teams, who’ve a special reason for incapacity – for instance, an damage or a persistent illness acquired throughout life – and who additionally want an assistant for well being causes.