Major privileges available for disabled children

2. Treatment. 100 percent of the basic price for medical rehabilitation including the treatment to restore health for people sent for completion of treatment after a serious disease or injury included into the list approved by the Ministry of Health. 90 percent of the basic price of sanatorium (antirelapse) treatment is reimbursed.

3. Crossing the border control posts. Entry without queuing is granted to cars carrying disabled children upon submission of the disability certificate or, until 30 June 2007, the invalidity certificate.

4. Use of the ‘disabled’ sign. The sign may be used by a natural person driving a child with severe or average disability or, after 1 July 2005, a person with a severe or average disability level established according to the procedure laid down in legal acts.

5. Transport privileges. The right to buy a single-ride ticket for distance regular travel busses, passenger tickets and single-ride or monthly personal ticket for local (city and suburban) regular travel busses and trolleybuses, regular travel ships and ferries with an 80% discount as well as for one accompanying person.

6. Living area. Families raising a disabled child who were granted soft loans before 31 December 2002 and after 1 January 2003 to families raising a disabled child 2 receive a reimbursement of 20 percent of the remaining amount of the loan.

A grant for repayment of some of the housing loan is given to borrowers who are families raising a disabled child; they receive a reimbursement of 20 percent of the (remaining) amount of the loan.
A family raising a disabled child and living in the premises rented by the municipality with the useful area per one family member of less than 10 sq. m or 14 sq. m is entitled to improvement of social housing conditions.

The lists of families raising a disabled child and entitled to social housing are compiled according to the date on which the application was registered in the municipality. The list includes families raising a disabled child.

7. Employment. Employees who have disabled children may not be appointed to work overtime or sent to business trips against their own will.

Employees raising a disabled child have one additional rest day during the month (or shortened working time by 2 hours per week), for which salaries are paid by companies, institutions, organisations and budget.

8. Vacation. Vacation of 35 calendar days for the disabled. Single employees who raise a disabled child are entitled to an annual leave of 35 calendar days. Single employees rising a disabled child are entitled to choose the period for the annual leave after the period of 6 months of uninterrupted work at the company.At the employee's request, employees raising a disabled child under 18 are entitled to the unpaid leave of up to 30 calendar days.

9. Land. By decisions of municipal councils, families raising a disabled child be exempted from the additional payment for utilities calculated according to the value of the land lot to be purchased.

10. Business licences. The municipalities are entitled to apply a lower income tax for the persons raising a disabled child who have business licences.

11. Deposits. Free disposal of restored savings is granted to families raising a disabled child.

12. Legal assistance. Irrespective of the assets and income level established by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, people recognised as severely disabled as well as their guardians are entitled to receive secondary legal assistance, where the legal assistance guaranteed by the state is necessary to represent and protect the rights and interests of the charge.

13. Stamp duties. People under 18 with the established disability level (before 30 June 2007, also invalidity level) are exempted from the stamp duty for the issue and replacement of the identity card and passport and issue of the document certifying the place of residence of the person.