People with disabilities are the most marginalized, endangered and poor group in Kosovo. This is what the director of the Association of paraplegics and paralyzed children of Kosovo (HANDIKOS), Afrim Maliqi, says. According to him, this category of people are not involved in health services, education or employment. In the interview for KosovaPress, he says that only 12 people receive financial support compared to 93 in Kosovo. In the association for persons with disabilities, HANDIKOS, they consider that the state has to oblige to provide services for persons of this category. "In 2011, 90-93 thousand people with disabilities appeared somewhere, according to the population census. However, today only around 12 thousand people receive financial support or some kind of pension as children, as adults, but not entirely. Imagine what that means, compared to 93 thousand. I don't compare it to the 15 percent who don't understand that all that large number of 15 percent of the population can receive financial support, but they must receive services based on their needs, which they have, or on the side other some other benefits. And to have a status that is personal with disabilities", declares Maliqi. Further, he lists the main needs of this social group, which he says are the poorest in Kosovo. "Persons with disabilities are considered the most marginalized, most vulnerable and poorest group among our population. There are many reasons, their health condition is not good, for which proper health services, they have to pay and buy them, and those services are daily or medications or equipment are daily. I'm not talking about once a year or once a month, but about health services, daily medications. It is known that in our country there is still no Law on Health Insurance, and that this, among other things, impoverishes the family. The other issue concerns the guardians or personal assistants of persons with disabilities", said Maliqi. According to him, the amount offered by the state for assistants of disabled people is insufficient. "It is estimated according to UNICEF, which always focuses on children, that only 12 percent of children with disabilities are included in the education system. This shows where Kosovo is. 88 percent are outside the education system. The reasons are the poor health of the children, the economic support of the children, the assistant or the guardian, inadequate transportation, the schools may be suitable. These make it the main issues or a chain of why families cannot include children with disabilities," he adds. Services for people with disabilities, Maliqi adds, must be institutionalized. He requests that this category be rehabilitated at least once a year, as is the case in the countries of the region. "Today, if a disabled child is born to a family, that family, that mother is traumatized. No information is provided, no referrals, no advice on how to act with the child and there are no services, I am talking about institutional services. The family goes home traumatized. The circle, the family, the society prejudice him, the family becomes complex and isolated. And our citizens, society says 'they are hiding them'. The main culprit is the system, our institutions and society for 'hiding' them. "No family wants to hide a child or an adult," said Maliqi. The director of Handiko, Afrim Maliqi, expects the finalization of the strategy and action plan for persons with disabilities. "We are in the process of finalizing the strategy and action plan, which must be approved by the Government of Kosovo, a five-year strategy that deals with the rights of persons with disabilities. And the process of its finalization and approval is being delayed, only half of the year has passed. This is among the strategic documents related to the realization of the rights of persons with disabilities in various fields, where there is the field of welfare, the field of improving legislation, the field of infrastructure, social services and many other fields" , concluded Maliqi. According to the WHO, it is estimated that about 15 percent of the population may be with whatever limitation a person may have.