Disability support at Lab Santé Midi Libre

A subject as vast as it is significant in today's society, disability was at the heart of the debates during three round tables organized at the time of the last Lab Santé Midi Libre of the year 2024, at the newspaper's headquarters in Saint-Jean-de-Védas, on Wednesday, with the exceptional participation of Didier Jaffre, president of ARS Occitanie.

The first round table of the Lab Santé, this Wednesday, brought together five health professionals who discussed the needs and expectations of people with disabilities.

“When we talk about disability, we are talking about people who experience disability in everyday life with different realities depending on what the situation will limit in their activities and in their participation in social life.” With these introductory words, Emilie Barlas, general practitioner at the Fontcaude UGECAM Occitanie medical center, emphasizes that there are multiple realities. “We often forget that disability requires a health pathway that depends on common law. And that accessibility will make everything very complex.”

Difficulty accessing care

Bernard Dessimoulie, president of Unapei 34, an association that supports people with mental and psychological disabilities, reflects on the difficulty of accessing care: “People with mental disabilities need on average 2.5 times more care because the disability adds pathologies and it is complicated to access care. Prevention is difficult to implement, as is screening for diseases. Medical staff are not sufficiently trained to receive this public.”

But then, are we short of healthcare staff?? “Yes, replies Sophie Frilley-Michel, Occitanie regional representative of APF France Handicap. For example, we have just been contacted by a midwifery school in Toulouse because they are not trained to accommodate mothers with disabilities. And often, the premises are not suitable. There is an inequality of access to care, it is a violated right.”

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Comete, an adapted device

As regards the need for home services, the aim is to compensate with human assistance, which people with disabilities cannot not to do alone. “We need to think about continuity of service, explains Clément Bareau, CEO of Présence Verte Services. Disability does not stop at the weekend, we need to join forces to continuously provide the service that compensates for the disability situation.” Finally, the speakers at this first round table discussed the professional inclusion of people with disabilities with the Comete system.

“It all started with a doctor's observation in the 1990s that hospitalized people found themselves disconnected from their professional lives upon leaving, explains Christine Verollet Angot, a physical medicine doctor at Propara. The idea is therefore to carry out an early integration process during the rehabilitation phase with a professional or study project. Thus, the person is an actor in their journey. Comete intervenes in the search for new solutions in the job search with a multidisciplinary team in partner establishments. In 2023, 10,000 people were supported by the Comete system.”

Find the interviews with the speakers present:

Clément Bareau

Christine Verollet Angot

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