People gesture as they carry banners reading, "SOS, disability" and "No financial cuts" during a protest against government austerity measures affecting disabled people by reducing

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People gesture as they carry banners reading, "SOS, disability" and "No financial cuts" during a protest against government austerity measures affecting disabled people by reducing services, closing disability centers and forcing care workers from their jobs in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. More than 10,000 people, many in wheelchairs or being led by guide dogs, marched in a demonstration with the slogan "SOS Disability: Save our Rights, Inclusion and Welfare." Health care spending falls under the responsibility of regional governments, many of which are indebted. Some local administrations have failed to pay medical centers, forcing cuts in services and a slow-down in the distribution of medicine. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) less