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873002 Institutions for the disabled persons

This type includes:

  • activities of units providing care for physical or mental disabled children
  • activities of units working for social and professional integration of physical or mental disabled persons
  • activities of units proding care for persons who have speech, hearing or sight speech disabilities

This type excludes:

  • social work activities with accommodation where medical treatment or education are not important elements (see 8790)

care units for persons with sight disabilities; care units for persons with speech and hearing disabilities; homes for disabled persons, institutions for disabled persons; homes for people with hearing disabilities; institutes for disabled persons

Codification rules

If institutions for persons with disabilities (873002) and social work activities without accommodation for for elderly people and for persons with disabilities (881000) are undertaken, the institution for persons with disabilities 873002 takes priority.

If institutions for persons with disabilities (873002) and special schools activities for pupils who are unable to follow the normal programme (852002) are undertaken, the institution for persons with disabilities 873002 takes priority.

Economic activities linked to persons with disabilities

881000: Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled
873002: Institutions for disabled persons
852002 : Special schools

A protected workshop (881000 - Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled) allocates an occupation to people with disabilities, finances subsidies from authorities and sale of their production but also employs social workers, psychologists, disabled persons, etc. who are registered with the AVS/AHV. The definition of a sheltered workshop may vary by canton.