Disability: where to find information and help?

Solidarity actions

The online platform solidaires-handicaps.fr was launched on March 31, 2020, at the initiative of the National Advisory Council of Persons with Disabilities (CNCPH) and the Federation of Regional Centers for Action Studies and Information (ANCREAI), under the aegis of the State Secretariat for Persons with Disabilities.

It facilitates the connection between disabled people, their carers, professionals and specific support measures offered throughout the territory.

These are public, private and voluntary solidarity initiatives that support the work of professionals in social and medico-social structures.

Thus, the platform allows:

• for persons with disabilities, their caregivers and professionals, to find solutions close to home (for example: shopping for groceries or picking up medicines at the pharmacy);
• structures and organizations to offer their services (e.g. providing carers with remote support to help them manage the lockdown period with their loved one with a disability);
• Volunteers to offer voluntary help (e.g. a psychologist and can help remotely);
• The platform also has a resource base with documentation, tutorials, useful numbers, and an interactive map to search for actions near you.

If you don't find an immediate response to your request, a real-time alert system notifies you when a solution can be provided.

And also

In addition, the Government website offers you a space dedicated to people with disabilities This includes an intelligence service that answers your questions about all aspects of the health crisis. This service is open 24/7 for written transcription and from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday for sign language (RSL) and completed spoken language (PLL) communications for the deaf, hard of hearing or blind.

The space also offers you a question and answer section on many themes: your access to care or education, your rights, your outings, work, violence...