Without social support, more than 60% of people with disabilities face the risk of poverty

Taking into account the degree of disability, “it can be seen that it is people with severe disabilities and their households who continue to face the greatest risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2023”.

The employment rate of people with disabilities has improved by 5.9 points since 2014, while unemployment has decreased by 13 points, representing a 40% drop in a decade. These data were presented as part of the 10th Odismet Report, prepared by the Observatory on Disability and the Labour Market of the Foundation […] The entry The unemployment rate of people with disabilities has fallen by 40% over the last decade appeared first on Diari de la D…

According to the Report on People with Disabilities in Portugal - Human Rights Indicators 2024, which is presented today in Lisbon, and based on data from the European Survey on Living Conditions and Income for 2023, provided by the European Union Statistics Service - Eurostat - the percentage of people with disabilities at risk of poverty was almost double that registered among people without disabilities. “About two-thirds (62.4%) of disabled …