“Disability rights” was discussed at Yeşim Group

“Disability rights” was discussed at Yeşim Group

At the “Groups with Special Needs and Disability Rights” conversation organized by Yeşim Group for disabled employees and their relatives, the rights and legal guarantees of disabled people were discussed.
 

Yeşim Group organized a special conversation for its employees with disabilities and their relatives and discussed “Groups with Special Needs and Disability Rights”. Within the scope of the “Affection Support to Life Project” carried out by Yeşim in cooperation with the Bursa Provincial Directorate of Family and Social Services, the rights and legal guarantees of the disabled were discussed.
Yasin Yıldız, Social Services Specialist from Osmangazi Social Services Center Directorate, was the speaker at the event, where Yeşim Group employees were provided with comprehensive information about the social rights of the disabled people. At the same time, all speeches were instantly translated into sign language by Bursa Provincial Directorate of Family and Social Services Sign Language Interpreter Hülya Batır for hearing impaired employees so that they could be informed about this issue.
Speaking at the opening of the conversation, Dilek Cesur, Corporate Communications Director of Yeşim Group, said, “We met with you within the scope of the ‘Affection Support to Life Project’ that we launched in 2023 in order to facilitate the lives of our employees. In this interview, which we organized for our employees with disabilities or disabled relatives at Yeşim to learn about their rights and legal guarantees, we care that you and your relatives have access to information that will make your lives easier and ensure that you know your legal rights.”
Social Services Specialist Yasin Yıldız underlined that disabled people cannot benefit from any rights without a “Health Board Reports For The People With Disabilities” and stated that disabled citizens must have this report in order to benefit from opportunities such as social assistance, home care services, employment, health rights, tax discounts and exemptions and that the report can only be obtained from state hospitals. Noting that different types of reports are given to children and adults, Yıldız said that these reports can be challenged within 30 days.
Yıldız said that according to the criteria of disability rate, full dependency and household income, disabled people can benefit from home care services and state rehabilitation centers free of charge, adding that disabled people also receive state support for health services, physical therapy and medical equipment.
Stating that citizens with at least 40 percent disability in the Health Board Report For The People With Disabilities can apply for the Disability Identity Card, Yasin Yıldız stated that many privileges are provided to disabled people in transportation, education and social activities with this identity card.
In the conversation, Yıldız also stated that physically disabled people benefit from discounts such as Special Consumption Tax (SCT) and Motor Vehicle Tax (MTV) in the vehicles they buy, and shared the information that disabled people are allocated compulsory quotas in houses of Housing Development Administration of Türkiye (TOKİs) and that disabled people with a single house are exempt from real estate tax.