ArmInfo. The number of registered persons with disabilities in Armenia increased by 3,000 compared with last year. This was announced at a press conference on July 18 by Head of the Department of Disabled and Elderly Artur Kesoyan .
According to official data of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, as of June 2019, 189.405 disabled people are registered in Armenia, of whom 8.376 are children. "We are trying to analyze the situation in order to identify the reasons for growth," said Anna Hakobyan, head of the department for equal opportunities, assured. According to the draft law, in the future, the establishment of disability will be carried out not only on the basis of an assessment of health status and disability, but also taking into account social factors, the head of the department explained, explaining that the introduction of this model will allow to form individual programs of services provided.
According to her estimates, the developed bill will be submitted to parliament by March 2020.