After a stubborn struggle waged by the ILAN organization, the Knesset Labor and Welfare Committee approved this morning (Monday) a draft of equal rights regulations for people with disabilities that grant an exemption from queuing for children and adults with physical disabilities.
After four years of fighting for equal rights, members of the Labor and Welfare Committee chaired by MK Efrat Reytan have approved the eligibility of children and adults with physical and motor disabilities to be exempted from queuing and exempt from paying for a companion, as part of the general population of people with special needs. Labor and Welfare unanimously approved the proposal for equal rights regulations for people with disabilities and as part of this granting an exemption from queuing for children and adults dealing with physical disabilities.
According to the decision, who will receive an exemption from queuing: any child who carries a disability card, any person who receives a social security benefit or mobility benefit, any person who needs an escort for medical treatment according to TLA regulations, any person who has been determined to have a 100% special medical disability. In addition, those who will be entitled to an exemption from payment for a caregiver: a child who carries a disability certificate from the age of 8, a graduate who receives a Schramm pension, any person who needs a caregiver for medical treatment according to TLA, a person who has been determined 100% special medical disability.
Ehud Ratzabi, Chairman of the ILAN Association: "I am happy that despite the disagreements, justice is doing its thing and many years of injustice have been rectified today. Hundreds of thousands of children and adults with physical disabilities who avoided leaving the house for fear of queuing, especially in these critical days "Long queues for corona tests have received what they deserve. We thank the members of the Labor and Welfare Committee and Justice Minister Gideon Saar for expediting the treatment of this painful and just hit issue."
Boaz Herman, CEO of ILAN, welcomed the committee's decision and thanked the committee members: "The rights of children and adults with physical and physical disabilities were designed patch by patch and often forgotten among the other disabilities. Also in future legislation. "
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