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Why do people with disabilities in Priamure can not find a job
Every tenth person has a disability Priamurye. That official statistics, which was voiced at the last meeting in the government area "round table" on rehabilitation and support to people with disabilities.
In the area there are over 90 thousand persons with disabilities, with nearly 4 thousand of them - children. In many ways, believed in the regional government, these figures due to high levels of illness and injuries among the population, insufficient quality of medical care, prevention and health-services agencies social assessment.
In the first place among the causes of disability face cardiovascular disease, followed - cancer. Third on the quantitative indicators are bone-muscle lesions apparatus. And the most frequent diagnoses in children associated with mental and nervous diseases, as well as with congenital abnormalities.
Meanwhile, the Acting Minister of Health Priamurya Yuri Maximov reminded that the health of citizens by 90 per cent depends on various factors, including their personal care of his body and ecology, and only 10 per cent - from the state of medicine and public health.
Deputy Minister of Social Protection of the Amur region Marina Gorshunova stated that a comprehensive rehabilitation of persons with disabilities hampered by a lack of
Rehabilitation Center for Children and Adolescents. Its construction started back in 2004. The estimated cost of more than 400 million rubles, but for all this time from the regional budget was allocated only 5 million rubles.
In doing so, pension, which amount below the subsistence minimum, does not allow people with disabilities lead full lives. This is evidenced by the fact that the vast majority of those disabilities, who were invited to choose a car or compensation in the amount of 100 thousand rubles, chose to take money.
Education and employment of disabled persons - one of the critical problems that can be solved only with active participation of officials area. As described Head of Labor and Employment Priamurya Elena Dulenova, the problem of finding and providing work for disabled persons due to their low competitiveness in the labour market and inadequate legislation in this area. Over the past four years the number of persons with disabilities, contact the management of labour to help in finding employment, increased 2.4 times.
As for the educational process of children with disabilities, as noted Deputy Minister of Education and Science Polina Stetsenko, in the area done everything possible that children with disabilities can receive quality education available to them in the circumstances. Almost all secondary
and higher educational institutions Priamurya studying children with disabilities.
Participants in "round table" decided to send to the leadership area, and federal authorities recommendations on adjustments to certain laws governing the social protection of disabled persons, as well as to ensure timely and full funding of regional targeted programmes aimed at supporting citizens with disabilities.

Direct Speech
Natalia Tomilova,
Amurskim office administering the Social Insurance Fund:
-- In recent years, social programs have received strong financial support from the federal centre. For example, if in 2005 and 2006 to ensure the disabled facilities and prosthetic Amur Region allocated 20 million rubles from the federal budget, the 200 year - already 52 million rubles. Disabled for hearing and visual impairment are provided with means for reading, voice tonometer, tactile canes, light alarm, special phones, and since last year, we give them more services and sign language.