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Czech Republic

Introduction

The information contained on this page was compiled in April 2009 by our country team.

Contact:
Dr Jan Siska
Univerzita Karlova v Praze
Pedagogická Fakulta

E-mail: jan.siska@pedf.cuni.cz
Website: http://www.pedf.cuni.cz

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Policy and enforcement bodies

The key national bodies with responsibility for disability law and policy implementation include:

Czech National Disability Council (CNDC) The aim of the CNDC as an NGO is to advocate, promote and satisfy the interests and needs of disabled people, in co-operation with both national and local government in the Czech Republic as well as with international institutions.

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National law and strategy

The Czech Republic has ratified the United Nations Convention and signed the Optional Protocol.

Important national laws, policies and strategies concerning disabled people include:
Act No. 561, 2004 on Pre-school, Basic, Secondary, Tertiary Professional and Other Education (the Education Act)

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Social protection

Key features of the national system include (including adapted items from the MISSOC database December 2008):

Disability benefits.

The main body of Social Administration is the Ministry of Work and Social Affairs.

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Facts and figures

Data on population indicate that:

The 2007 Czech Bureau of Statistics, Sample Survey of people with disabilities in the Czech Republic estimates a population of 1,015,548 disabled persons from a total population of 10,287,189 (52% women and 48% men, although in every age category up to the age of 74 the number of men with disabilities slightly predominates over the number of women).
Of this population: 46,208 aged under 14; 407,695 aged 15-59; 560,018 aged 60 and over.

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Academic networks and resources

There is currently no academic network on disability studies in the Czech Republic.

Journal of Special Needs Education.  Speciální pedagogika. Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy. Publisher: Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy. ISSN 1211-2720.

Organisations of disabled people

The national organisation representing disabled people at the European level (European Disability Forum) is:

Czech National Disability Council
Union of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in the Czech Republic (SNNCR)

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Additional information

Useful sources of more detailed information about the situation of disabled people, and the policies and support available, include:

Český statistický úřad. Výběrové šetření zdravotně postižených VŠPO 07. [Sample Survey of people with disabilities in the Czech Republic] [online]. 2007. [cit. 2009 - 05 - 03]. Dostupné z: http://www.czso.cz/csu/2008edicniplan.nsf/p/3309-08.

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