Benefits and support for people with disabilities

OPEKA Disability Benefits

OPEKA's overview guide to its 10 separate disability welfare programmes (€178-€833/month). Each programme has its own conditions — check which one applies to your disability.

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EOPYY Home Respiratory Devices and Oxygen Therapy

Insured persons who need breathing support (CPAP/BiPAP/ventilator), who have chronic respiratory failure requiring oxygen therapy, or who have sleep apnoea syndrome

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Cleaning/Lighting Fee Exemption for Vulnerable Groups (Municipality of Athens)

The Municipality of Athens exempts from the municipal cleaning and lighting charges on the first (main) residence: large families, three-child families, single-parent families, people with a disability of 80% or more, people without means and energy-poor households, with an income limit for each category.

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Cleaning/Lighting Fee Exemption for Vulnerable Groups (Municipality of Keratsini-Drapetsona)

The Municipality of Keratsini-Drapetsona exempts from municipal cleaning and lighting charges on the main residence: people in financial hardship, people with a disability of 67% or more, unemployed people continuously registered with DYPA for more than 6 months, large families (4+ children), families with three children and single-parent families, with an income limit for each category.

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Vehicle Tax Exemption Disabled

Exemption from road tax for one vehicle, when the beneficiary falls within the specific disability categories and percentages set by law.

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Income Tax Exemption for Persons with Disability 80%+

Employees and pensioners with a disability rate of at least 80% (certified by KEPA or the health committee of a social insurance body)

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Hearing-aid reimbursement for public-school pupils (Ministry of Education)

The Ministry of Education reimburses up to €1,500 per hearing aid for public primary and secondary school pupils up to age 20, on top of the reimbursement from EOPYY or another insurer. Apply at the school's Directorate of Education, once every four years.

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EOPYY Travel Expense Reimbursement for Thalassaemia and Other Haemoglobinopathy Patients

You are insured with EOPYY · You have thalassaemia (Mediterranean anaemia), sickle-cell disease or another haemoglobinopathy and have transfusions/phlebotomies.

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EOPYY Kidney-Disease Patient Travel Expense Reimbursement

You are insured with EOPYY · You are on haemodialysis (kidney patient).

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EOPYY Patient Transport / Ambulance Expense Reimbursement

Insured people who travel outside their prefecture of residence (or within the prefecture over 100 km, or off the island over 15 nautical miles) for medical treatment not available locally, per journey

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Help at Home

Free home care services for older people and people with disabilities.

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Disability Transport Card

Free urban public transport (subject to income criteria) and a 50% discount on intercity KTEL coaches for persons with a disability of 67% or more.

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Nutritional Allowance for Kidney Disease and Transplant Patients

People with kidney disease on haemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis, kidney, lung, bone marrow, heart or liver transplant recipients

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Free Greek Sign Language / Lip-reading Interpretation (In Person and Relay) — National Foundation for the Deaf

Deaf and hard-of-hearing people can ask for a free Greek Sign Language or lip-reading interpreter for their dealings with public or private bodies. There is also free remote interpretation (Relay) 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, through an app.

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Free Entry for People with Disability (and Companion) to Museums and Archaeological Sites

Persons with disabilities always have free entry to state archaeological sites and museums; a companion also enters free of charge when the disability is 67% or more.

Free and Reduced Public Transport Fares: OASA (Athens) and OSETH (Thessaloniki)

Free or reduced fares on Athens buses, trolleys, metro, electric railway and tram (OASA) and on OASTH buses and the Thessaloniki Metro (OSETH) for the unemployed, people with a disability of 67% or more, conscripts and uniformed staff, children and young people up to 18, people over 65, students of public institutions and large families, with a personalised card.

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Free transport for students with disabilities (wheelchair users or visually impaired) to their schools in Heraklion (Region of Crete)

Every year the Region of Crete covers home-to-school transport for students who use a wheelchair (University of Crete and ELMEPA in Heraklion) and for students with visual impairment (ELMEPA Heraklion). Needs are recorded through the institutions' Student Welfare offices and Equal Access Units.

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OASTH free door-to-door transport for people with disabilities in adapted vehicles (Thessaloniki)

OASTH carries people with disabilities free of charge in adapted vehicles with an attendant, booked by phone the day before (2310-933930, 2310-952638). Wheelchair users and people with severe mobility problems have priority.

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Free Microchipping, Sterilisation and Vaccination of Pets for Vulnerable Groups and Shepherd Dogs (Law 4830/2021)

People with disabilities, large families (4+ children), families with 3 children, single-parent families, registered unemployed people, recipients of the Guaranteed Minimum Income and owners of sheepdogs can have their dog or cat identified (microchipped), registered, neutered and vaccinated free of charge through their municipality. Each municipality specifies the categories and may set income criteria.

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EOPYY Special Education Therapies for Children/Teens and Adults with Disability

Children, teenagers and people with disabilities who have reached adulthood but still need Special Education, with chronic motor/intellectual/mental disorders, developmental disorders, autism, neurodevelopmental disorders, etc.

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Special Vocational Training School for Persons with Disabilities (DYPA, Athens/Thessaloniki)

Disability rate of at least 50% · Aged at least 18 (teenagers too in Thessaloniki) · Aged up to 58.

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Special Pension for People Injured in the Tempi Rail Accident and Families of the Victims (Art. 57, Law 5039/2023)

A monthly special pension equal to 4 times the full national pension for people left with a disability of 50% or more by the Tempi rail accident (28/02/2023) and for the families of those who died.

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Income Support for Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) Patients and the Cured

A very small, ageing population; patients with Hansen's disease and people cured of it

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Extra-institutional (home-care) allowance for severely disabled pensioners

e-EFKA old-age/disability/survivor's pensioners (except civil servants, other than TAKE) with paraplegia-quadriplegia, myasthenia-myopathy, multiple sclerosis, amputations, etc. at a disability rate of 67%+ (80%+ for some conditions)

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Professional Foster Care for Children with Disabilities

A monthly fee of €1,850 gross from OPEKA for professional foster parents of children with disabilities.

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EOPYY Climate/Air Therapy Allowance

An annual air-therapy allowance of €200 for the period 1/6-31/8, for people insured with EOPYY who have a chronic lung condition with a certified disability of 67% or more, end-stage chronic kidney failure on haemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis, or a kidney, liver, lung or heart transplant.

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Absolute disability allowance (constant-attendance supplement)

e-EFKA pensioners (old-age, disability or survivor's pension) who need the constant attendance of another person because of a severe disability

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Mobility Allowance for Paraplegic, Quadriplegic and Amputee Persons

Persons with bilateral amputation of the upper or lower limbs, paraplegia/paraparesis, or quadriplegia/quadriparesis, with a disability of 80%+

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EOPYY Subsidy for Hearing Aids and Eyeglasses

Insured people with diagnosed hearing loss (usually 50-80dB), children/teenagers, people with a disability rating of ≥67%, adults with specific ENT indications; for glasses: insured people in general

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EOPYY Occupational Therapy Coverage (adults)

EOPYY-insured people with a recent stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve damage of the upper limbs, amputation with a prosthesis, or multiple sclerosis; also children/adolescents on referral by a paediatrician/child psychiatrist

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Annual Financial Aid from the War Disabled and War Victims Aid Fund (TAATHP) to Pensioned War Victims (EUR 500)

The War Disabled and War Victims Aid Fund gives every year EUR 500 of financial aid to each pensioned war victim who is a member. The Fund also covers funeral costs and gives a marriage grant to its members.

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Annual November Support for Pensioners, People with Disabilities and Uninsured Elderly (Article 72, Law 5217/2025)

An annual tax-free amount of €300, protected from seizure, paid automatically without an application by 30 November to pensioners, recipients of disability benefits and uninsured elderly people (article 72 of Law 5217/2025, as amended by article 17 of Law 5313/2026).

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EU (model) parking card for people with disabilities

You have a disability/reduced-mobility certification from KEPA.

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EOPYY Rehabilitation Medical Devices (Orthotics, Prosthetics, Wheelchairs, Walking Aids)

EOPYY insured persons who need orthotic devices, artificial upper/lower limbs, splints, braces, ocular prostheses and other rehabilitation medical devices listed in EOPYY's Register of Reimbursable Products

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Disability Card

Official proof of disability status and disability band, in digital or plastic form.

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Day Care Centres (KD-IF) for People with Disabilities, Covered by EOPYY

EOPYY covers day care for people with disabilities at contracted Day Care Centres: therapies, educational and creative activities, medical monitoring and transport to and from home. A specialist's medical opinion is needed.

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KLIK ZOIS — Free Telecare Service for Independent Living of the Elderly and People with Disabilities (Central Macedonia Region)

An older person or a person with a disability, permanently resident in the Region of Central Macedonia.

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ClickZois — Free 24h Telecare and Remote Monitoring for Older People and People with Disabilities (Region of Western Greece)

The Region of Western Greece provides a free device with a panic button, fall detection or location tracking, with 24-hour support from social workers and psychologists. It is for residents aged 60+ with health problems, or people with a disability of at least 50%, who live alone or without adequate support.

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«Antonis & Stella Kyrkou» social programme: cash aid for vulnerable residents of the Municipality of Elassona

Cash aid of up to €2,000 for permanent residents of the Municipality of Elassona in vulnerable groups (homeless people, people with disabilities, people with serious or mental illness, people in extreme poverty, the long-term unemployed). It covers food, housing, transport, energy, health care and hygiene needs; applications all year at the Town Hall.

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EOPYY Speech Therapy Coverage (mainly adults)

Insured persons with recent speech/swallowing disorders due to stroke, traumatic brain injury, brain surgery, Guillain-Barré, Parkinson's, tracheostomy/laryngectomy, cochlear implant, etc.

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Reduced or Free Domestic Ferry Tickets (Large Families, Students, 80%+ Disability, Destitute, Children up to 5, War Disabled/Victims)

All domestic ferries must give fare discounts to specific groups: 50% for large families, students, people with a disability of 80% or more and war-disabled people/war victims, and free travel for children up to 5 and for destitute people with a certificate. You ask for the discount when the ticket is issued, with the relevant proof.

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50% Reduction of Municipal Fees and Property Duty for Large Families and Families with a Disabled Member (Municipality of Sitia)

The Municipality of Sitia reduces by 50% the cleaning and lighting charges, the tax on electrified premises and the TAP (municipal property levy) on the main residence for large families (4+ children) and for families with a member with a disability above 80%, with family taxable income up to €50,000.

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Marathon municipal cleaning/lighting and water fee reductions for vulnerable groups

The Municipality of Marathon cuts the cleaning and lighting fees of the main home by 30% for needy people, single-parent families, people with a disability of 80%+, three-child and large families under certain income limits. It also cuts the water tariff by 30% or 40% for three-child and large families, people with disabilities, single-parent families and solidarity-card holders.

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Cleaning/Lighting Fee Reduction or Exemption for Vulnerable Groups (Municipality of Hydra)

The Municipality of Hydra grants a full or 50% exemption from the municipal cleaning and street-lighting fees to people in need, large families (4+ children), families with 3 children, single-parent families, people with a disability of 67% or more and beneficiaries of the Social Residential Tariff, with income limits per category.

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Municipal Cleaning/Lighting Fee Reduction or Exemption for Vulnerable Groups (large families, 3-child families, single parents, disabled, low-income)

You belong to one of the groups whose municipal charges your municipality waives or reduces (people with disabilities, single-parent families, families with three children, large families, people on low incomes, the long-term unemployed, Minimum Guaranteed Income recipients) and you meet the income limit your municipality sets.

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Zero Copay Medicines

Zero co-payment for medicines only for the categories of beneficiaries and conditions set by the legislation in force.

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Equal Access Units for Students with Disabilities or Special Educational Needs (all public universities)

Every public university has an Equal Access Unit that supports students with disabilities or special educational needs free of charge, e.g. with accessible textbooks and interpreting, alternative exam arrangements, assistive technology and a transport-and-escort service.

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Financial Support for Persons with Visual Disability

Blind people and people with a severe visual impairment, with a KEPA assessment

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Financial Support for People with Severe Disabilities

EUR 338/month through OPEKA for the severe-disability categories and other conditions of this specific programme.

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Financial Support for Persons with Severe Intellectual Disability

People with a severe intellectual disability, with a KEPA assessment

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Financial Support for Persons with Cerebral Palsy

People with cerebral palsy, KEPA assessment

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Financial Support for Hemolytic Anemia, Hemophilia and AIDS Patients

People with congenital haemolytic anaemia (thalassaemia/sickle cell), haemophilia, or AIDS

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Financial Support for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Persons

People with hearing loss/deafness, KEPA disability rate of 67% or more, no age limit any more

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Financial Support Programme for Paraplegic/Quadriplegic/Amputee Persons

Monthly OPEKA financial support for people with paraplegia, quadriplegia or amputation and a disability rating of 67% or more who are uninsured, insured with the State, or belong to other specific groups.

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EOPYY Stoma Materials, Catheters and Incontinence Supplies

Insured people with a colostomy, ileostomy, ureterostomy, nephrostomy, thoracostomy or fistulas; patients with urinary incontinence, urethral strictures, inability to empty the bladder, neurogenic bowel or a tracheostomy

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War Pensions / Pensions for War & National Resistance Victims

A monthly, lifelong pension for people who suffered a lasting loss of working capacity (at least 10% for war invalids, 25% for others) in war, in the National Resistance, in the struggle against the Dictatorship or from a terrorist act, and for the families of those killed or missing.

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Personal Assistant for Persons with Disabilities

Persons with disabilities aged 16-67 with a lifelong KEPA certification, a main condition of 67% or more or absolute disability, who live permanently and legally in Greece

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Supported Living (SLA) and Independent Living (ILA) Accommodation for People with Disabilities, Covered by EOPYY

EOPYY covers the care and board fee of people with an intellectual disability who live permanently in contracted Supported or Independent Living Accommodation, when their family cannot support them.

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Supported Living Home (SYD) of the Municipality of Tripoli

24-hour residence, care and social-inclusion support for 4 adults with autism or an intellectual disability who can look after themselves, in an accessible building in central Tripoli.

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Disability Pension — Common Illness (4,500 days)

At least 50% disability (KEPA-certified) with at least 4,500 insurance days (15 years), with no restriction on when they were completed.

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Disability Pension with Recent Insurance (1,500 days)

An alternative to the 15-year path: 1,500 days (5 years) in total are enough, provided at least 600 of them (2 years) fall within the 5 years before the disability began. Under 21, 300 days are enough, and from 21 to 31, 300 days + 120 for each year over 21.

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Orphan's pension (death of a parent)

A survivor's pension for the unmarried children of a deceased insured person or pensioner, up to age 24, or for life if they became unable to do any gainful work before 24. Children who lost both parents and have a severe disability get 100% of the higher parental pension.

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EOPYY Physiotherapy Coverage

People directly and indirectly insured with e-EFKA/EOPYY (formerly IKA/OAEE/OGA etc.) with a medical indication for physiotherapy

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Hellenic Train — Ticket Discounts for Special Categories (Young People, 65+, Students, Pupils, Large Families, Disabled, Armed Forces)

Hellenic Train gives ticket discounts to young people up to 24, passengers over 65, students, pupils, children, large families, people with disabilities and their companions, and members of the armed forces.

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European Disability Card & new European Parking Card (EU-wide mutual recognition, upcoming)

European initiative for the mutual recognition of disability status and of the parking card across the EU; it will replace/complement national cards.

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Toll Exemption for Vehicles of Persons with Disabilities

Vehicles of persons with disabilities currently pass free or at a discount through the tolls of some motorways, on terms that differ by road; the single passage card provided by law has not been issued yet.

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Vehicle Registration Tax Exemption for Persons with Disability

Greek citizens with a disability, or citizens of another EU member state with a disability who live in Greece (as well as war invalids and officers/other ranks of the Armed Forces, Security Forces, Fire Service and Coast Guard). A medical opinion from KEPA/EFKA/ASYE is required, certifying the disability percentage, that it matches the listed conditions, and that the disability is LIFELONG. Engine capacity up to 1,650 cc (under conditions up to 2,650/3,650 cc). The current customs monitoring (restriction) period is 7 years, renewable. Minor beneficiaries: the right is exercised by the parent/guardian.

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DYPA wage-subsidy programme for hiring unemployed people with disabilities

Unemployed people with disabilities registered on the DYPA unemployment register with a valid unemployment card, hired by employers that join the programme (in the latest round: local authorities).

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Early Childhood Intervention (children up to 6 with disability/developmental disorders)

An early intervention programme for children up to 6 with a disability, developmental delay or an increased probability of one. Applications for the pilot closed on 5/12/2025; the universal programme of Law 5322/2026 awaits the ministerial decision for new applications.

Body: Υπ. Κοινωνικής Συνοχής & Οικογένειας (πύλη oikogeneia.gov.gr)Under review

Tax Rights of Persons with Disability - AADE Summary Guide

A combined AADE guide to all the tax rights of persons with disabilities: income tax, VAT, property transfer tax, inheritance/gift/parental donation tax, ENFIA property tax, registration tax and road tax. For each specific case, see the corresponding specific benefit. The exact disability percentages and conditions differ for each tax.

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Free ATH.ENA Card Fare for the Unemployed and People with Disability

Unemployed people registered with DYPA (valid unemployment card) or people with disabilities, within the OASA area (Attica), can get a free fare on their personalised ATH.ENA card via Taxisnet.

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Pilot Home Accessibility Grant Programme for People with Disabilities

Pilot grant of up to €14,500 for home accessibility works for people with a mobility or sensory disability. Applications have closed (first phase, July 2025); no new call has been announced.

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Digital Education & Empowerment Programme for Citizens 65+ and Persons with Disabilities

Citizens who have reached or will reach 65 within the year (born in or before 1961 for the 2026 cycle), and people with disabilities

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