Disability in Greece

I’m a wheelchair pole dancer — Nina Alexandridou: “When I do pole dancing, I feel beautiful”. (2024, NY Post)

Navigating Invisible Disability Disclosure and Workplace Inclusion: Employers’ Attitudes and Workplace Policies. (2025, Disabilities)

Disassembled Cyborgs: Interpreting Cretan Warriorhood and War Booty through Disability Theory with Jesse Obert:

“As a heuristic device, the cyborg works well for ancient Crete. Warriors used their metal armor to protect and accentuate their bodies, but when they lost their armor to rival warriors, they were symbolically disassembled and dismembered, failing to actuate the great cybernetic warriors that they claimed to be.” (Jan, Peopling the Past)

A new book on Prosthetics and Assistive Technology in Ancient Greece and Rome. (2022, Cambridge University Press)

The availability, accessibility, and quality of support services for older persons with disabilities: the formal and informal care services are “not clearly addressing the needs and special characteristics of older persons with disabilities” (2022, EASPD)

Overview

Greece Aims for Top Spot in Accessible Beaches for the Disabled (2024, Greek Reporter)

Greece makes nearly 200 beaches accessible with adaptive chairs (2023, Washington Post)

Tourism for disabled people has obstacles “Holidays are like a battle plan" (In Greek, 2023, Dikaioma)

Acropolis in Athens Becomes Accessible to Visually Impaired Visitors. (2022, GTP)

Air Travel

Disability Rights Campaigner Dies After Falling From Side of Special Assistance Vehicle At Athens Airport After Barrier Swung Open. (Feb, Pyok)