In Saxony, fewer and fewer people with a disability have recently received compensation for disadvantages. This was the result of a minor inquiry by Left Party politician Susanne Schaper. Those affected receive blindness benefit, compensation for severe visual impairment, deafness, a severely disabled child or if deafness and blindness coincide.
Number of new applications for disadvantage compensation increased
According to an overview by the Ministry of Social Affairs, the total number of recipients of disadvantage compensation fell continuously from 13,646 in 2020 to 11,813 last year. At the same time, the number of new applications rose from 4,730 to 4,916 in the same period.
"It is important and right that the Free State of Saxony helps people with a visual and/or hearing impairment and families with seriously ill children to master everyday life and achieve as much quality of life as possible. However, Saxony's support payments are too low and do not adequately compensate for disability-related disadvantages," said Schaper. In a nationwide comparison, other states paid significantly more.
