Conditions for disabled worsening, non-profits tell UN

Conditions for the handicapped in the Czech Republic have not improved in recent years, according to a new report provided to the UN. The 17 non-profit organisations that worked on the report told reporters on Monday that conditions for the disabled had actually worsened in many regards. The organisations cited in particular economic austerity measures and social reforms, which were of detriment to the disabled and saved the state only three billion. They also included a lack of equal educational and job opportunities and less decision-making in politics. The report, which deals generally with the rights of the handicapped, was the second to be sent to the UN, following the government’s own report.