QUESTIONNAIRE FRANCE The Netherlands

EBU Questionnaire Survey on the situation of blind and partially sighted people
across the 27 EU Member States

September 2007

 

Name: CHAZAL

Organisation: National Committee for the Welfare of Blind and Partially Sighted Persons (C.N.P.S.A.A.)

Country: France

e-mail address: secretariatgeneral@cnpsaa.fr

Telephone number: 33 (0) 1 44 49 27 17


1/ Benefits


1.1. Does your country have any form of benefits system/ allowance for blind or partially sighted people?
Answer Yes End answer

1.2. If yes, is this allowance sufficient or does it need to be increased ?
Answer Needs to be increased for partially sighted (ps) End answer


2/ Transport / Mobility

 
2.1. Does your country provide blind and partially sighted people with any form of assistance for access to public transportation?
Answer Yes for blind
    No for p.s. End answer

2.2. If yes, in what form?
Answer In railways, the guide is free for blind, the ticket price is reduced in airplanes. The guide dog is always transported free of charges. End answer

2.2.1. Facilities allowing a better accessibility of public transport for blind and partially sighted people:
Answer Yes, some announcements in busses, trains, but not anywhere. End answer

2.2.2. Financial aid:
Answer No End answer

2.2.3. If yes, is this assistance available :
At reduced cost / Free of charge /
Other / yes / Don’t know.
 


2.3. Are there any measures facilitating the mobility of blind of partially sighted people?
Answer Yes End answer

 2.3.1 If yes, are they:

Financing of guide dogs. Answer Yes: (for food and other costs; the guide dog is obtained free of charge) End answer
Tactile paving.  Answer Yes End answer
Provision of auditory means of communication.  Answer Yes End answer
Provision of auditory signals at crosswalks.  Answer Yes End answer
Other / Don’t know.
 

2.4. Concerning accessibility / transport in general, what suggestions for improvement do you have?
Answer More announcements in busses and trains, an universal code for tactiles guidelines. End answer
 


3/ Employment


3.1. Are private companies under any obligation to recruit a certain number of disabled people?
Answer Yes End answer

3.2. Are some jobs reserved in priority for:

3.2.1. Disabled people?
Answer No End answer

3.2.2. Blind or partially sighted people?
Answer No End answer


3.3. Are there any targeted wage subsidies or bonus for employers who recruit blind and partially sighted people?
Bonus.   Answer Yes  End answer
Targeted wage subsidies.  Answer Yes  End answer
Answer Other (explanation): Possibility to obtain help from a special found to compense the lack of productivity  End answer
Don’t know.


3.4. Does your country have sheltered workshops or any other kind of structure employing only blind and partially sighted people?
Answer  Yes End answer

3.5. Are there any other incentives in your country to facilitate blind and partially sighted people’s employment?
Answer  No End answer


3.6. What is the situation with regard to the employment of blind and partially sighted women:
Under-employment. Answer  Yes End answer
Discrimination in recruitment. Answer  No End answer 
Discrimination in wages. Answer  No End answer
Don’t know.


3.7. Concerning employment in general, what kind of suggestion for improvement do you have?
Answer None End answer
 



4/ Education


4.1. Does your country have specialized schools for blind of partially sighted children?
Answer  Yes End answer

4.2. Is it possible for blind of partially sighted children to attend mainstream schools?
Answer Yes End answer

4.2.1. If yes, are there any support services for blind and partially sighted children?

Provision of books in Braille. Answer Yes End answer
Provision of Braille writing devices. Answer Yes End answer
Provision of adapted electronic devices. Answer Yes End answer
Support by specially trained teachers. Answer Yes  End answer
Other (please explain).
Don’t know.



4.3. Can blind or partially sighted students at university benefit from some form of financial aid to purchase an adapted computer?
Answer Yes End answer

4.4. With regard to education in general, what kind of suggestions for improvement do you have?
Answer A better link between ordinary education and special one. A better training of teachers End answer
 



5. REHABILITATION CENTRES FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE


5.1. Does your country have any rehabilitation centre for blind or partially sighted people?
Answer Yes End answer 


5.2. Concerning rehabilitation centres, what suggestions for improvement do you have?
Increase the number of centres.  Answer Yes   End answer
Improve existing centres. Answer Yes   End answer
Increase the capacity of the centre. Answer No   End answer
Improve the training of staff (auxiliary nursing staff, special education teacher …) Answer Yes   End answer
Modernise the methods of rehabilitation to daily life.  Answer Yes   End answer
Modernise professional training.  Answer Yes   End answer
Other (please explain).
Don’t know.


5.3. Have you noted any progress in these areas?
Answer  No End answer


5.3.1. If no, did you notice a decline in the quality of the rehabilitation measures for blind and partially sighted people?
Answer  No End answer

 

6/ VOCATIONAL TRAINING


6.1. Does your country have a specialized vocational training centre for employed or unemployed blind and partially sighted people?
Answer Yes End answer

6.2. Can blind or partially sighted employed or unemployed people attend mainstream vocational training centres?
Answer Yes End answer

6.3. If yes, are there any support services for the blind and partially sighted?
Provision of books in Braille.  Answer Yes End answer
Provision of Braille writing devices. Answer Yes End answer
Provision of adapted electronic devices. Answer Yes End answer
Support by specially trained teachers. Answer Yes End answer
Other (please explain).
Don’t know.

6.4. Have these measures been adopted since your country’s accession to the EU or did they exist before?
Answer Don’t know End answer

6.5. With regard to vocational training in general, what kind of suggestions for improvement do you have?
Answer Develop collaboration between special training centers and ordinary ones, close cooperation with enterprises, look for new professions. End answer
 


7. ACCESSIBILITY OF ICTs


7.1. Is it possible to obtain support for ICTs for blind people of all age categories:
At school. Answer Yes End answer
At university. Answer Yes End answer
At work. Answer Yes End answer
At home. Answer Yes End answer
What kind of support ? (Please explain)
 


7.2. Is it possible to obtain support for ICTs for partially sighted people of all age categories ?
At school. Answer Yes End answer
At university. Answer Yes End answer
At work. Answer Yes End answer
At home. Answer Yes End answer
What kind of support ? (Please explain)
 


8/ E-GOVERNMENT

8.1. How do you evaluate the accessibility of public websites (E-government; documents, forum, services, interactive pages, etc.)
Very good.
Good. 
Medium.
Answer Bad.  End answer
Very bad.

 


8.2. Is your government doing anything to make E-government websites accessible to blind and partially sighted people?
Answer Yes End answer

(Please explain): Answer A decree will be published very soon to fixe obligations regarding accessibility, we are waiting for it to see if it will be enough contraining for public authorities. End answer
 


9/ EU INFLUENCE

9. Do you think that the EU has had a positive influence on the situation of blind and partially sighted people in your country ?
Answer Yes End answer

(Please explain): Answer The exchange of good practices is always positive, many examples proof this : pension for workers with disability, audio description, we hope other progress in the future : taxes exemptions. End answer 

 

10/ Finally, do you have any expectation with regard to your country’s belonging to the EU?


10. Do you have expectations with regard to:
Employment. Answer Yes End answer
Education.  Answer Yes End answer
Vocational training.  Answer Yes End answer
Rehabilitation centres.  Answer Yes End answer
Transport / mobility.  Answer Yes End answer
Accessibility of buildings and traffic lanes. Answer Yes End answer
Access to information (accessibility of ICTs) Answer Yes End answer
Financial support.  Answer Yes End answer
Gender equality.
Other (please explain)

Answer Employment : more cooperation between countries in Europe
Education : maintain special and ordinary schools, the two systems are complementary
Vocational training : more exchanges of ideas and/or good practices
Rehabilitation centres :
Transport/mobility
Accessibility of buildings and traffic lanes
Access to information (accessibility of ICTs : more accessibility of public websites End answer 
 


 

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