Nederland doet te weinig om mensen met een beperking volledig te laten deelnemen aan de samenleving. According to this study people with disabilities (1 in 8 people in the Netherlands) have to deal with accessibility issues around work, independent living, and education; these are all parts of life that are situated in the lower sections of Maslow’s pyramid.

One could argue that we should focus on these lower parts of the pyramid first: make sure that all the basic needs are covered first before you start thinking about next levels. On the other hand there’s something like the law of the handicap of a head start, which says that groups that start later can skip quite a few steps and become leading right away.