Falabella (Fish): “Citizenship aids, not mere compensations”

“Disability is not a disease, but a different interaction with the external environment, as indicated by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. And aids and aids are not mere compensation for the impairment, but instruments of citizenship and as such should be considered “. So Vincenzo Falabella, president of the Italian Federation for overcoming handicap (Fish), spoke to explain the value of the work of associations during ‘Complex aids and inclusion: people at the center in the proposal of Confindustria medical devices’, webinar in which experts and representatives some institutions discussed the problems associated with the assignment of inappropriate aids to people with disabilities. “Most of the problems – Falabella argued – are to be found in the process that starts from the choice of the aid and reaches its delivery: after the choice and the prescription, it is not right that there is a Public Administration that cashes an authorization or authorizing an aid as opposed to the one chosen by the experts. “” There is also a problem of vision “, he added:” Spending on disability must be considered an investment “.