lopinion.ma (06.03.2016) Selon l’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé, 15% de la population mondiale, soit plus d’un milliard d’individus, vit avec un handicap. Au Maroc, l’Enquête nationale sur le handicap, de 2004, a parlé d’un taux de 5,12% de Marocains qui vivent en situation de handicap, des statistiques qui, depuis le temps, seraient bien sûr en hausse.

Common Space (02.03.2016) An Independant Scottish social security system will be launched through a “phased transition” to administer £2.7bn of funding for carers and people with disabilities.

L'Express (08.02.2016) Les partenaires sociaux ont entamé lundi en fin de journée leur dernière séance de négociation sur le futur compte personnel d'activité (CPA) autour d'un projet d'accord patronal qui a finalement réintégré le compte pénibilité, après un long suspense, a-t-on appris de sources syndicales.

The Independent (03.02.2016) David Cameron has declined to answer whether the Government will go ahead with its £30-a-week cuts to key disability benefits – prompting hopes of a change in policy.

The Guardian (13.01.2016) Labour’s disability roadshow is about to hit the road again, just three years after the last one. After more than five years of austerity comes a new phase of welfare reforms and social care cuts. The impact on millions of disabled people has been and will be “dire”, says Debbie Abrahams, shadow minister of state for disabled people, and it is time, once again, she argues, for Labour to take stock.

The Guardian (12.01.2016) The new welfare reform and work bill will be very damaging for disabled people. From April next year, new claimants of employment and support allowance (ESA) who are placed in the work-related activity group (which means they are deemed likely to be able to work in the future) face a 30% cut – nearly £30 a week – compared to what existing claimants receive today.

The Guardian (08.12.2015) This week’s parliamentary review by crossbench peers and disability charities of cuts to out-of-work sickness benefits gives an insight into the thought the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has put into taking £30 a week from cancer patients and paraplegics.

Le Monde (16.11.2015) Il a fallu passer par des quotas pour inciter les employeurs à embaucher des travailleurs handicapés. Depuis 1987, la loi impose aux entreprises de plus de 20 salariés de compter au moins 6 % de travailleurs handicapés dans leurs effectifs. Les sanctions financières ont été durcies par la loi handicap de 2005. La loi Macron pour la croissance, l’activité et l’égalité des chances ouvre discrètement de nouvelles possibilités pour les entreprises de s’acquitter de leur obligation.

The Jakarta Post (01.12.2015) Companies should strive to employ people with disabilities as they have the right to employment and the skills that can benefit companies, says experts.

UN/News (28.10.2015) States should make their social protection systems more inclusive for persons with disabilities, rather than pursuing models that often lock them into a cycle of dependence and poverty, a UN expert on the rights of persons with disabilities has said.