Question 3738 — people with disabilities

Summary

Ms. Léa Balage El Mariky alerts the Minister of Labor, Health, Solidarity and Families about twenty years of the law of February 11, 2005 for equal rights and opportunities, participation and citizenship of disabled people. If it is one of the major laws of the Republic, its anniversary highlights that it has not had all the expected effects. Indeed, the expectations of the 12 million people in a situation of disability and their loved ones remain alive. In 2025, people with disabilities still cannot live with dignity in the city and act as full citizens. This situation persists despite the new commitments made by France since then, namely: the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2010 and the creation of the fifth branch of social security dedicated to support for autonomy in 2020. On the one hand, French law and public action have still not been fully consistent with international law, despite repeated condemnations from international authorities. On the other hand, the Autonomy branch remains insufficiently resourced and without a coherent multi-year political vision, preventing it from truly responding to needs on the ground. The report drawn up by the Collectif Handicaps, bringing together 54 associations defending the rights of people with disabilities and their families, is categorical: the urgency must be to make the fundamental rights of people with disabilities effective, throughout the territory, starting with the two pillars of the law, universal accessibility and the right to compensation. Indeed, twenty years after the promulgation of the law, universal accessibility (built environment, transport, communication, digital etc.) is still not a reality. Access to effective and personalized compensation for the consequences of one's disability on daily life is an obstacle course, largely hampering people's life plans. The standard of living of people with disabilities and their loved ones is lower than the general population: one in four people with disabilities is poor. Rights education, employment, housing, and even health continue to be violated simply because of the disability situation. In short, the stigmatization and invisibility of people with disabilities and their caregivers, the precariousness they have to face, the lack of support and care professionals and the general inaccessibility are all obstacles, injustices and inequalities which are no longer acceptable in 2025. This is why she wants to know what measures the Government intends to take to translate the promises of the law of February 11, 2005 into action and finally make the rights of people with disabilities effective.

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