Saxony: Around every tenth person in Saxony has a severely handicapped pass

Dresden (dpa / sn) - At the end of last year, around one in ten people in Saxony had a disabled person's pass.

Saxony: Around every tenth person in Saxony has a severely handicapped pass

Dresden (dpa / sn) - At the end of last year, around one in ten people in Saxony had a disabled person's pass. A total of 432,695 people with a severe disability were registered, almost 12,500 more than a year earlier, as the State Commissioner for the Inclusion of People with Disabilities announced on Thursday.

For people aged 60 and over, the increase was disproportionately high, with around 16,000 new severely disabled ID cards. In the past ten years, the number has increased by around 77,000. That roughly corresponds to the population of the cities of Freiberg and Bautzen together, it said.

With a severely disabled person's pass, rights can be claimed vis-à-vis employers, social service providers and authorities. According to the information, only about every 20th disability is congenital. The State Commissioner for the Inclusion of People with Disabilities, Michael Welsch, said: "Most disabilities are acquired in the course of life through illnesses. Anyone can be confronted with them at any time. An inclusive attitude should therefore be a matter of course."