Everyday Life And Living Conditions For People With Disabilities

Almost one in three Danes have some form of physical or mental disability. This report shows how disabilities affect everyday life and living conditions through, for example barriers to participation and discrimination.
The results of the report build on analyses of comprehensive data material from a questionnaire survey and register data of almost 19,000 people in Denmark between 16 and 64 years-old.
The results show that people with disabilities generally meet obstacles to participating on equal terms with other members of society, especially with regard to communities in which the framework and norms for behaviour and objectives are not necessarily clear. These barriers are often experienced in going to cafés, the cinema, meeting friends, meeting a partner and sex life.
The report also demonstrates how fixed and more institutionalised structures such as work and family, voluntary work and clubs otherwise affect social participation.
The survey was commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs, Children and Integration and financed by the public pool of funds.