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Treatments leave: how does it work and who’s eligible for it?

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For those who live with a severe or chronic disability, it can be tricky to conciliate work tasks and the need to undergo treatments, therapies and so on. We already talked about the permits foreseen by the 104/92 law, that is three days a month (that can also be used in hours) that can be requested by the employee with a severe disability or who takes care of a relative with a severe disability. But there’s also another option, that can be certainly useful when, for instance, you need to undergo ongoing cycles of physiotherapy: the treatments leave, regulated by the art. 7 of the 119 legislative decree, July 18th 2011.

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who is eligible for the treatments leave?

The treatments leave can be requested by amputee or legally disabled employees whose working capability is reduced by over 50%. The leave gives right to 30 days per year, that can be used also not consecutively (but not on a hourly basis), to undergo, for instance, cycles of physiotherapy, respiratory or oncological treatments. The treatments leave is paid as foreseen by the specific national category contracts for sick leaves and isn’t counted in the time of respite, being considered apart from it.

how to request the treatments leave?

In order to benefit from the treatments leave, the employee must request it in writing to his employer, including the documents certifying his disability degree (and, thus, his working capability reduction) is higher than 50% and the request written by his general practitioner or by a specialist working at a public health establishment, certifying he needs that specific treatment due to his specific disability. Moreover, at the end of the treatments, the employee must also present the documents released by the specialist or the health establishment where he undergone them, to certify he has actually benefited from them.

In any case, if you’re interested in requesting a treatments leave, I suggest you to carefully check what your specific national contract says about it and, if needed, to ask a welfare agency for consultancy.

 

Parking permit for disabled people: what is and how to get it

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Moving  everyday by car is convenient, for sure, mostly if you have a mobility issue. But what about parking? Nowadays, parking lots reserved to disabled people can be found almost everywhere, and they’re usually (there are always exceptions…) placed in barrier-free areas so that the disabled people (or their caregivers) can safely get in and out the car. But how can you benefit from it and assert your right, despite so many “wise (or absent-minded) guys”, who don’t notice the specific symbol identifying the reserved area? The answer is the parking permit for disabled people, that, as stated by the “Traffic Laws”, if put on the windscreen of the disabled person’s car, allows to use the reserved parking areas.

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who can request it?

The parking permit for disabled people can be requested by:

  • People with permanent disability, certified as <<disabled person with a sensibly reduced ambulatory capacity>>
  • Visually impaired people
  • People with temporary disability, that is people whose ambulatory capacity is reduced just for a limited time, until they recover. In this case, the permit length will be limited to the timeframe specified on the medical certificate detailing the length of the invalidity.

In order to request the parking permit, you don’t need to own a car nor a driving license: the disabled person can request and use it on every car used for his mobility, remembering to show it when he is on that vehicle. On the contrary, showing the parking permit when the disabled person isn’t onboard implicates a fine. In any case, you must remember that the parking permit doesn’t allow to stop in all the “no parking” areas.

how to request the parking permit for disabled people?

The parking permit for disabled people must be requested through the appropriate form to the City you live in, showing – if you already have it- the documents certifying your disability. If your disability hasn’t been certified already or in the event of temporary disability, before presenting the request, you need a medical committee to certify the motoric or visual problems of the applicant person. The parking permit for disabled people is, usually, free of charge: you must pay a small amount only for temporary permits.

how long does it last and how to renew it?

Normally, the parking permit for disabled people lasts for 5 years. In the event of temporary disability, its length is limited to the period of disability and, in any case, cannot exceed 5 years.

In order to renew it, three months before the existing permit expires, you must request for the renewal, demonstrating that you still have right to it through specific documents.

European parking permit for disabled people

the european parking permit for disabled people

Until September 15th 2012, the parking permit for disabled people was orange. Since that date, on the contrary, the new European permit entered into force: the procedures to request it and its duration remain the same. In addition, you can use the permit not only in Italy, but in the whole EU, in order to allow citizens with disabilities to move freely inside the EU boundaries. Moreover, many countries have specific facilitations for disabled people, that can be enjoyed by tourists too, showing this permit.

For more info about the procedures to request the permit, please refer to your municipality.