Parents of disabled children in Poland held a 10th day of protests Friday to voice frustration over what they consider inadequate state support, one of several political challenges confronting the country's conservative leadership. Parents protesting outside parliament or occupying halls inside with children lying on blankets or in wheelchairs have emerged as a key issue dominating headlines. Polish parents who remain unemployed so they can take care of their disabled children receive meager government funds — on the condition they don't work. Some of the aid stops when the children turn 18, even though many of them require lifelong support, leaving their parents with neither enough money nor a job. A visit by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki last weekend did not go well, either, with him seeming stiff and uncomfortable in the presence of the disabled children.

Source: ABC News April 27, 2018 11:11 UTC