Handicapped demonstrate against Zeman over separate education comments

Around 30 handicapped people held a protest during a visit by President Miloš Zeman to the small town of Krásná Lípa in Central Bohemia on Tuesday after he said recently that handicapped and able-bodied children should not attend the same schools. One of the organisers of the demonstration, Monika Lampová, told Novinky.cz that just 20 years ago handicapped people were hidden away in the Czech Republic and that integration was the only way forward.

Author: Ian Willoughby