In total, nearly half a billion euros in public funding reinforce institutional predominance.

A logic that infantilizes and confines

Behind these figures lies a logic of institutional welfare that deprives people with disabilities of their autonomy.

• Budgets serve to maintain costly institutions, sometimes disconnected from the actual needs of beneficiaries.

• For lack of alternatives, people find themselves confined in collective structures where their freedom of choice is limited.

• This approach perpetuates a paternalistic view: society "takes care of" instead of giving the means to act.

Result: walls and administrations are funded, but not the individuals themselves.

 The glaring absence of a personal assistance budget

What shocks most is the complete absence of a dedicated personal assistance budget.

• With such a system, each person could directly hire their own life assistant according to their needs.

• This would promote independent living, social participation, access to work and culture.

• Public funds would be used more effectively by directly supporting individuals rather than the imprisoning and costly institutional culture.

Countries that have invested in personal assistance (such as Sweden) show that it is a powerful tool for inclusion, equality, and dignity.

Conclusion: change the paradigm

It is time to say stop to the blind funding of Iriscare as it is designed today.

People with disabilities do not ask for institutional charity, but for the means to live fully like any other citizen.

Redirecting part of these hundreds of millions towards a personal assistance budget would finally allow a shift from a system that confines to a system that frees.