
A disabled person is a person who has a health disorder with a persistent disorder of body functions caused by diseases, injuries (wounds, injuries, contusions), their consequences, defects, which leads to a restriction of life and the need for social protection.
To ensure the rights and legitimate interests of persons with disabilities, Kazakhstan has a multi-level social protection system that includes:
- state aid and support in the form of social benefits and payments;
- compensation for lost bodily functions, social rehabilitation by providing technical auxiliary (compensatory) means and in order to increase the level of socialization, persons with disabilities are covered by the services of an individual assistant and a sign language specialist.
The list of technical compensatory means of rehabilitation consists of 55 types of names, including modern sign language and typhlotechnical means (laptops with a web camera for persons with hearing
The criterion for establishing the first group of disability is a persistent, significant or pronounced impairment of body functions due to diseases, consequences of injuries or defects, leading to a pronounced limitation in the ability of one of the following categories of life activity or their combination:
1) to self-service of the third degree;
2) to movement of the third degree;
3) to labor activity (work capacity) of the third degree;
4) to study in the third degree;
5) to the orientation of the third degree;
6) to communication of the third degree;
7) to control their behavior of the third degree.
The criterion for establishing the first group of disability is a persistent, significant or pronounced impairment of body functions due to diseases, consequences of injuries or defects, leading to a pronounced limitation in the ability of one of the following categories of life activity or their combination:
1) to self-service of the second degree;
2) to movement of the second degree;
3) to labor activity (work capacity) of the second degree;
4) to study in the second degree;
5) to the orientation of the second degree;
6) to communication of the second degree;
7) to control their behavior of the second degree.
The criterion for establishing the third disability group is a persistent moderate impairment of bodily functions caused by diseases, the consequences of injuries or defects, leading to a moderate limitation of the ability of one of the following categories of vital activity or a combination of them:
1) to self-service of the first degree;
2) to the movement of the first degree;
3) to work activity (ability to work) of the first degree;
4) to study the first degree;
5) to the orientation of the first degree;
6) to communication of the first degree;
7) to control their behavior of the first degree.