Disability Groups Aghast at Inclusion of Pedophiles and Pyromaniacs on
Disability List
By Apostolos Papapostolou
Greek Reporter, Greece: 9 January 2012
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2012/01/09/disabled-unions-aghast-at-inclusion-of-pedophiles-pyromaniacs-on-disability-list/
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Greek disability groups are angry at the government's decision to
expand a list of state-recognized disability categories to include
pedophiles, exhibitionists and kleptomaniacs.
The National Confederation of Disabled People called the action
"incomprehensible," and said pedophiles are now awarded a higher
government disability pay than some people who have received organ
transplants.
On Monday, the Labor Ministry said that categories added to the
expanded list - that also includes pyromaniacs, compulsive gamblers,
fetishists and sadomasochists - were included for purposes of medical
assessment and used as a gauge for allocating financial assistance.
Considering government benefits to the disabled are already being
slashed due to Greece's financial crisis, the inclusion of such groups
on the disability list may further allocate funds away from those who
truly need them.