Tue, Jan. 10 2012
By Kris Coombs | Christian Post Contributor
Greek disability groups were livid on Monday at the government’s decision to expand a state-recognized disability list to include exhibitionists, kleptomaniacs and pedophiles.
According to the Labor Ministry, sadomasochists, fetishists pyromaniacs, compulsive gamblers, and other people with “disabilities” were added to the list of categories for medical assessment purposes and as a means to determine the allocation of financial assistance.The National Confederation of Disabled People labeled the expansion "incomprehensible," and said pedophiles will now be granted more government disability pay than some people who have received organ transplants.
Yiannis Vardakastanis, NCDP leader said the revised list could create new problems for disabled Greeks who are already facing benefit cuts because of the Greek financial crisis.
"What's happened is incomprehensible. I think there is some big mistake. The ministry should have a different policy on disability," Vardakastanis, who is blind, told the Associated Press. "The list contains major changes to disability quotients, which could effectively remove many people from access to benefits."
Since 2009, the country has been struggling to avert bankruptcy and has resorted to drastic cuts to public spending on welfare and health programs.
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