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How much paid leave is specifically made available to meet the everyday and disability-specific health needs of school-age children with disabilities?

Map reflects laws in place as of February 2014.

Paid leave for everyday health needs includes leave specifically available for children’s health needs, but does not include cases where leave is available only for serious illnesses, hospitalization, or urgent health needs.

Paid leave for disability-specific health needs includes leave explicitly made available for the health needs of children with disabilities. Some countries refer to children with physical disabilities, some refer to children with mental health conditions or intellectual disabilities, and some discuss children or family members with disabilities in general. For the purposes of our map the term “children with disabilities” captures all of these definitions.

The leave durations include paid leave available to meet everyday health needs, disability-specific health needs, or a combination of both where applicable. It does not include any duration of unpaid leave for everyday or disability-specific children’s health needs.

The durations of paid leave correspond to length of leave made available on an annual basis, with the exception of three countries; two of which make 90 or more days of paid leave available, and one country which makes 4 days available.

In some countries, length of leave varies by the age of the child; this map shows the length of leave available for a child at age 8.

Leave available as needed includes cases where benefits are provided “for as long as treatment is required” as well as cases where paid leave is made available per health event without specifying an explicit upper limit to leave.

Countries

Afghanistan - No paid leave

Namibia - No paid leave

Mongolia - No paid leave

Montenegro - No paid leave

Morocco - No paid leave

Mozambique - No paid leave

Myanmar - No paid leave

Nepal - No paid leave

Nauru - No paid leave

Federated States of Micronesia - No paid leave

Niger - No paid leave

Nigeria - No paid leave

Oman - No paid leave

Pakistan - No paid leave

Palau - No paid leave

Panama - No paid leave

Papua New Guinea - No paid leave

Monaco - No paid leave

Mauritius - No paid leave

Mexico - No paid leave

Lebanon - No paid leave

Kenya - No paid leave

Kiribati - No paid leave

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No paid leave

Republic of Korea - No paid leave

Kuwait - No paid leave

Kyrgyzstan - No paid leave

Laos - No paid leave

Lesotho - No paid leave

Peru - No paid leave

Libya - No paid leave

North Macedonia - No paid leave

Malawi - No paid leave

Malaysia - No paid leave

Mali - No paid leave

Marshall Islands - No paid leave

Mauritania - No paid leave

Paraguay - No paid leave

Qatar - No paid leave

The Philippines - No paid leave

United Arab Emirates - No paid leave

Timor-Leste - No paid leave

Togo - No paid leave

Tonga - No paid leave

Trinidad and Tobago - No paid leave

Tunisia - No paid leave

Tuvalu - No paid leave

Uganda - No paid leave

United Kingdom - No paid leave

Syria - No paid leave

United States of America - No paid leave

Uruguay - No paid leave

Vanuatu - No paid leave

Venezuela - No paid leave

Vietnam - No paid leave

Yemen - No paid leave

Zambia - No paid leave

Thailand - No paid leave

Switzerland - No paid leave

Jordan - No paid leave

Singapore - No paid leave

Rwanda - No paid leave

Samoa - No paid leave

San Marino - No paid leave

Sao Tome and Principe - No paid leave

Saudi Arabia - No paid leave

Senegal - No paid leave

Sierra Leone - No paid leave

Solomon Islands - No paid leave

Eswatini - No paid leave

Somalia - No paid leave

South Sudan - No paid leave

Spain - No paid leave

Sri Lanka - No paid leave

St. Lucia - No paid leave

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No paid leave

Sudan - No paid leave

Suriname - No paid leave

Kazakhstan - No paid leave

Liberia - No paid leave

Jamaica - No paid leave

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No paid leave

Cabo Verde - No paid leave

Central African Republic - No paid leave

Chad - No paid leave

Chile - No paid leave

China - No paid leave

Colombia - No paid leave

Comoros - No paid leave

Republic of the Congo - No paid leave

Cameroon - No paid leave

Costa Rica - No paid leave

Cote d'Ivoire - No paid leave

Cuba - No paid leave

Cyprus - No paid leave

Denmark - No paid leave

Djibouti - No paid leave

Dominica - No paid leave

Dominican Republic - No paid leave

Canada - No paid leave

Burundi - No paid leave

Egypt - No paid leave

Bangladesh - No paid leave

Algeria - No paid leave

Andorra - No paid leave

Antigua and Barbuda - No paid leave

Argentina - No paid leave

Azerbaijan - No paid leave

Bahamas - No paid leave

Bahrain - No paid leave

Barbados - No paid leave

Burkina Faso - No paid leave

Belgium - No paid leave

Belize - No paid leave

Benin - No paid leave

Bolivia - No paid leave

Bosnia and Herzegovina - No paid leave

Botswana - No paid leave

Brazil - No paid leave

Brunei - No paid leave

Ecuador - No paid leave

Zimbabwe - No paid leave

Guinea - No paid leave

Greece - No paid leave

Haiti - No paid leave

Georgia - No paid leave

The Gambia - No paid leave

Honduras - No paid leave

Gabon - No paid leave

Guinea-Bissau - No paid leave

Guyana - No paid leave

India - No paid leave

Indonesia - No paid leave

Iran - No paid leave

Grenada - No paid leave

Fiji - No paid leave

Ethiopia - No paid leave

Iraq - No paid leave

Eritrea - No paid leave

Equatorial Guinea - No paid leave

Guatemala - No paid leave

El Salvador - No paid leave

Italy - No paid leave

Ghana - No paid leave

South Africa - Less than 1 week

Malta - Less than 1 week

Luxembourg - Less than 1 week

Ireland - Less than 1 week

Tanzania - Less than 1 week

Bhutan - 1 - 3 weeks

Turkey - 1 - 3 weeks

Albania - 1 - 3 weeks

Turkmenistan - 1 - 3 weeks

Austria - 1 - 3 weeks

Lithuania - 1 - 3 weeks

Australia - 1 - 3 weeks

Latvia - 1 - 3 weeks

New Zealand - 1 - 3 weeks

Cambodia - 1 - 3 weeks

The Netherlands - 1 - 3 weeks

Maldives - 1 - 3 weeks

Germany - 1 - 3 weeks

Moldova - 1 - 3 weeks

Madagascar - More than 3 weeks

Israel - More than 3 weeks

Angola - More than 3 weeks

Norway - More than 3 weeks

Japan - More than 3 weeks

Portugal - More than 3 weeks

Iceland - More than 3 weeks

France - More than 3 weeks

Romania - More than 3 weeks

Poland - More than 3 weeks

Bulgaria - More than 3 weeks

- More than 3 weeks

Tajikistan - More than 3 weeks

Slovakia - More than 3 weeks

Russian Federation - More than 3 weeks

Belarus - Leave available as needed

Estonia - Leave available as needed

Nicaragua - Leave available as needed

Liechtenstein - Leave available as needed

Sweden - Leave available as needed

Finland - Leave available as needed

Armenia - Leave available as needed

Czech Republic - Leave available as needed

Croatia - Leave available as needed

Slovenia - Leave available as needed

Ukraine - Leave available as needed

Serbia - Leave available as needed

Hungary - Leave available as needed