4 out of 10
Legal capacity can be fully removed, but people with intellectual disabilities are able to vote and stand for elections.
Most adults with intellectual disabilities live in larger institutions, some live in psychiatric hospitals and some live in smaller institutions.
Some adults with intellectual disabilities live with their family, few live in their own place.
Most children with intellectual disabilities go to special schools, some receive no education and few go to mainstream schools.
Few people with intellectual disabilities have a job on the open labour market, and they risk to lose their disability benefits when they earn their own salary.
Most people with intellectual disabilities have access to general healthcare.
People with intellectual disabilities are represented in the national cross-disability organisation. Inclusion Netherlands does not receive government funding for their advocacy work.
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Young people with intellectual disability work unpaid without a contract and are dependent on the care system.
It should be noted that people under guardianship have their legal capacity fully removed with this one exception: they have the legal right to vote. People with intellectual disabilities are not allowed to have support while voting.
| Mainstream education | 750 |
|---|---|
| Special education | 107,034 |
| No education | 7,389 |
| Larger institutions | 100,225 |
| Smaller institutions | 4,000 |
| Small care homes | * |
| Psychiatric hospitals | 17,000 |
* Education figures: These are rough estimations.
Institution figures count people below the age of 65.
These are the reported or estimated numbers of the country. In most cases, in reality, the numbers will be higher as the data is underreported or missing entirely.
4 out of 10
Legal capacity can be fully removed, but people with intellectual disabilities are able to vote and stand for elections. Little support available to make voting accessible.
Most adults with intellectual disabilities live in larger institutions, some live in psychiatric hospitals and some live in smaller institutions and small care homes. There is a plan to reduce the number of people in institutions.
Some adults with intellectual disabilities live with their family, few live in their own place. Some support available for families, when parents can no longer take care of their child with an intellectual disability, it is likely they will move to an institution.
Most children with intellectual disabilities go to special schools, some receive no education and few go to mainstream schools.
Few people with intellectual disabilities have a job on the open labour market. They risk losing their disability benefits when they earn their own salary.
Most people with intellectual disabilities have access to general healthcare. Limited measures in place to make healthcare accessible.
People with intellectual disabilities are represented in the national cross-disability organisation. Inclusion Netherlands does not receive government funding for advocacy work.
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The UN CRPD Committee expressed concern regarding the institutionalization of adults and children with disabilities in the Netherlands, in particular those with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities, reports of violence and abuse in institutions and the lack of a clear, actionable plan for deinstitutionalisation.
The UN CRPD Committee is concerned about the barriers for persons with intellectual disabilities in access to appropriate healthcare services due to the complicated system and the digital skills required, and the differences in the quality and availability of healthcare services between municipalities.
| Mainstream education | 750 |
|---|---|
| Special education | 107,034 |
| No education | 7,389 |
| Larger institutions | 100,225 |
| Smaller institutions | 4,000 |
| Small care homes | * |
| Psychiatric hospitals | 17,000 |
These are the reported or estimated numbers of the country. In most cases, in reality, the numbers will be higher as the data is underreported or missing entirely.
4.1 out of 10
Legal capacity can be fully removed, but people with intellectual disabilities are able to vote and stand for elections. Limited support available to make voting accessible.
Most adults with intellectual disabilities live in large institutions, some live in small care homes and many live in psychiatric hospitals. There is no deinstitutionalisation policy.
Most adults with intellectual disabilities live with their family. Some live in their own place. When parents can no longer provide support, the person with an intellectual disability will likely move to an institution. Disability benefits go to the person with an intellectual disability.
Almost all children with intellectual disabilities go to special schools. Very few go to mainstream schools. Some receive no education.
Very few people with intellectual disabilities have a job on the open labour market. They risk losing their disability benefits when they earn their own salary. Most people with intellectual disabilities attend daycare.
Many people with intellectual disabilities have access to general healthcare. Limited measures in place to make healthcare accessible. People with intellectual disabilities have little freedom of choice in reproductive health. By law people cannot be forcibly sterilised, but it is performed.
People with intellectual disabilities are represented in the national cross-disability organisation, but there is no person with an intellectual disability on the board/council. Inclusion Netherlands does not receive government funding for advocacy work, but another representative organisation does.
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The UN committee criticised the Dutch government in its concluding observations for having no intention to work on deinstitutionalisation. Dutch government denies that article 19 in the UN CRPD calls for deinstitutionalisation. The new implementation plan for the CRPD in upcoming years completely ignores deinstitutionalisation.
The best that can be said of government policies is that they try to accommodate integrated classes for children with disabilities in mainstream schools but only if private initiatives are taken. There is no formal policy to push for change.
| Mainstream education | 700 |
|---|---|
| Special education | 74,740 |
| No education | 9,726 |
| Larger institutions | 350,000 |
| Smaller institutions | 4,000 |
| Small care homes | * |
| Psychiatric hospitals | 17,000 |
These are the reported or estimated numbers of the country. In most cases, in reality, the numbers will be higher as the data is underreported or missing entirely.