When speaking, especially colloquially, there is a lot of confusion among citizens about concepts such as disability and permanent disability. And although they may have a certain resemblance, the truth is that there are great differences between both concepts. In fact, the concept of disability has undergone constant evolution in recent years.
According to the WHO, World Health Organization, “disability is a human condition that, in a general way, encompasses a person’s impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions”.
At the legal level, the definition could be the recognition of a physical, mental, or sensory deficiency by public institutions. At a social level, citizens really should pay attention to the person, and not to the disability, being aware that everyone is, at some point in their life, disabled, as the Autonomous Community of Madrid points out.
Instead, permanent disability is used to determine whether a worker is eligible for a financial pension, given that she is unable to perform a work activity due to injury or illness. In fact, the big difference between the two terms is the receipt of a pension, which is the reason for granting permanent disability.
To determine the pension, the institutions have determined differences in permanent disability. In this sense, it can be partial, total, totally qualified, absolute, or Major Disability.
But in addition, both terms are linked: in the case of disability, it is measured by different percentages. Any beneficiary of a permanent disability is automatically recognized as having a 33% disability.
In any case, it is necessary to emphasize that there is an important link between permanent incapacity and disability. And it is that any beneficiary of a permanent disability is already recognized a disability of 33% automatically.
On the other hand, people with disabilities can only receive a pension with a disability equal to or greater than 65%. In addition to equal to or greater than 45% in exceptional situations. In the case of disability, only cases of people who have a degree higher than 65% can receive a pension.
What disability does include is a series of tax and social benefits, including deductions in the income statement. But it must always be clear that a degree of disability of less than 33% does not allow benefits in this regard.
But a degree of disability of between 33% and 64% does allow you to enjoy tax and employment benefits.
