Publication date: 12.05.2024
Lawyer with 15 years of legal experience, specialization: family and civil law, inheritance, contract law, criminal cases, administrative cases, cases involving foreigners, migration law
Ukraine provides a certain level of social protection and support for people with disabilities. Benefits for persons with disabilities include various types of assistance aimed at facilitating their lives and improving their social status. The state recognises the need for equal opportunities and provides mechanisms to ensure inclusiveness and support for this vulnerable group.
Persons with disabilities who have restrictions on their ability to work are provided with pension benefits. Depending on the degree of disability and other factors, they can receive different types of pensions: disability, age, survivor, etc. These pensions are intended to ensure a minimum standard of living and social security for disabled people.
Ukraine provides a number of public transport benefits for disabled people, such as free travel on buses, trams, trolleybuses and city trains. This helps to ensure accessibility to vehicles and facilitates their mobility.
There are also benefits for disabled people for housing and utilities. They can receive a discount on rent or utility bills in accordance with Ukrainian law. This helps to reduce the financial burden on disabled people and their families.
The state also provides disabled people with access to medical care and rehabilitation services. This may include free medical consultations, rehabilitation procedures, and the provision of necessary medical equipment and devices to facilitate their lives.
Persons with disabilities are granted certain privileges in education and employment. The state facilitates their access to education and provides opportunities for vocational training and professional development. In addition, persons with disabilities are provided with employment benefits, such as workplace support and employment incentives.
Advocates play an important role in supporting persons with disabilities in the process of obtaining various benefits and social assistance. They help people with disabilities understand their rights and opportunities, advise on the procedures for obtaining benefits, and help them prepare the necessary documentation. Advocates can also represent the interests of people with disabilities in their interactions with social security authorities and in court proceedings if disputes or conflicts arise over benefits. Their expertise and experience can help to ensure that the maximum number of benefits available are maximised and that they are used effectively to make life easier for disabled people. Advocates can provide individual advice and support to persons with disabilities in resolving any legal issues related to their status and benefits. The lawyer will also advise on the following issues: payments, payment at the birth of the third child, payment at the birth of a third child, benefits for the disabled of group 2, benefits for the disabled of group 3 and more.
Benefits for disabled people in Ukraine are aimed at ensuring their social protection and support. They help to ensure that disabled people have access to the basic services and opportunities necessary for their full life and integration into society. The state continues to improve the social protection system to provide more effective support to this vulnerable group.
