Jan 08, 2022 at 12:46 pm

discrimination against epileptics in Russia.

Update posted by ivan ivanov

Federal laws of Russia prohibit epileptics from working in almost all professions - with moving mechanisms, complex electrical appliances, at height, with aggressive environments, dangerous chemicals (including simple detergents), as part of a working collective, it is impossible to work in education and medicine, and many additional prohibitions. Such prohibitions are logical if they do not violate human rights and have an individual approach in determining a person's abilities. These bans simply deprive all epileptics of Russia of any income except for a miserable social payment. In Russia, epileptics are generally forbidden to drive cars and vehicles, they cannot move around on public transport (forbidden to be in public places), an epileptic in Russia is like a prison inmate chained to one place in the world, there is an unspoken ban on education for epileptics (except for primary secondary school). Any employer can take away ...

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