Situation of the blinds in Italy

By Act 382 of 1970

Board blindness

Attendance allowance

Special allowance for partial blind

Other welfare assistance

For all intents and severely disabled, including the blind, the law 104 of 1992 provides certain rights such as welfare:

paid to disabled workers than 2 hours per day or 3 days a month, or paid leave to parents of disabled children

Tariff nomenclature

The disabled are serious technical aids granted by the State, for example wheelchairs for invalids engines and a series

of technical aids for the blind such as speech synthesizers, scanners, speakers, white sticks watches and other items.

Providences work

Law 113 of 1985 compulsory placement of telephone switchboard blind

Law 403 of 1971 (which improves some previous laws ) compulsory employment for massage therapists blind

Law 270 of 1982, art. 61 compulsory employment for blind teachers in public schools

Law 120 of 1991 free professional

Providences pension work

In addition to the telephone switchboard blind, all public and private workers, according to Law 120 of 1991, are entitled to a cash contribution equal to 4 months a year of service actually performed.According to the same law graduates blind can access the careers directives of the State and public bodies and competitions of the judiciary, no special benefits, if not the assistance during the written tests in competitions.The visually impaired exercise freely, without obligations and requirements , the private professions such as lawyers, psychologists, administrative and fiscal advisors, traders, etc. etc. ..