In Portugal, one in five institutionalized children has some form of signed disability, a number that may be undervalued, according to a Centre’s study of Disability and Human Rights (ODDH), ordered all Member States for the European Parliament.
According to Paula Campos Pinto, the coordinator of the study done in Portugal, “20% of all children who were institutionalized in 2013, had some form of disability signed.” With an aggravating factor:. Experts report that the number may be underestimated, resulting from the fact that some psychosocial difficulties are difficult to diagnose, said
“The Portuguese legislation points to the need for periodically review the situation and plans to host these children, who are in temporary shelters, but we know that in practice this is not happening, “noted the researcher.
For Paula Pinto, is” worrying “that “remain many children in Portugal institutionalized for lack of means and measures that promote their inclusion in society.”
“If there is already a very high institutionalization of permanence rate in our country when we compare with other countries this percentage is even higher when we look at the group of children with disabilities, “he said.
He pointed out also that these children and young people and their families are not getting the most response appropriate. “Instead of institutionalizing these children must rely families so that they could remain in their family environment, which is the most suitable for the child to grow,” he argued.
The same study concluded that Portuguese law does not adequately protect children with disabilities against gender discrimination.
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