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Nearly one in ten Germans are severely disabled

New figures reveal that 9.3 percent of the German population last year were considered severely disabled.

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Dozens chained to railings in Berlin disabled protest

Several dozen disabled people spent Wednesday night chained up near the Bundestag in Berlin to protest a new law they say leaves them disadvantaged in Germany society.

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Germany to expand disability rights

A representative of the German Labour Ministry went before a UN Committee on Friday to discuss the government's plan for improved rights for disabled people.

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Berlin to open memorial to Nazis' disabled victims

Benjamin Traub, a sad-eyed German boy born in 1914, was considered a bright child by his parents and called gifted by his teachers. His life would end in a Nazi gas chamber.

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Court: Disabled woman must stop being so loud

The 82-year-old mother of a disabled woman must stop her daughter making too much noise, a court in Bonn ruled on Thursday.

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Gas leak blamed for deadly Black Forest blaze

The fire which killed 14 people at a workshop for the disabled in the Black Forest on Monday was probably caused by a gas leak, officials said on Tuesday evening.

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Fire kills 14 at workshop for disabled people

At least 14 people were killed on Monday when a fire spread through a workshop for people with disabilities in southern Germany. Seven more are said to have been injured.

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Germany's disabled live in a separate world, official says

Disabled people in Germany live in a separate world, shut out by insufficient efforts to create barrier-free public spaces and fears from the rest of society, the country’s federal commissioner for the disabled said Friday.