Education allowance for disabled children (AEEH)

The child-rearing allowance for disabled children (AEEH) helps you pay for expenses related to your child's disability. In particular, it may cover:

• Monthly expenses related to care, education,...
• The need to hire someone to take care of your child
• The reduction or cessation of your professional activity to ensure the care of your child.

When your child's disability incurs particularly large expenses, a complement to the AEEH can be assigned. To determine this supplement, the Commission for the Rights for the Autonomy of Persons with Disabilities (CDAPH), within the departmental house of persons with disabilities (MDPH), classifies your child's disability from level 1 to level 6.

In addition, if you are a single parent, you may also receive a specific mark-up.

To receive the AEEH, your child must complete all of the following conditions :

• Be under 20 years of age
• Have a disability rate of at least 80%. This rate may be between 50% and less than 80% if your child is accompanied by a medical-social institution or service, an adapted schooling system, care and/or rehabilitation related to his disability, recommended by the CDAPH.
• Do not receive professional income in excess of 55% of the gross monthly minimum wage, or €1,002.67
• Reside permanently on the national territory.

The request can be made online through an online service, if the MDPH of your residence offers it:

MDPH (AAH, PCH, admission to Ésat, accommodation...) and renewal

You can also make your request by post through a form:

Application or renewal of disability benefits (AAH, PCH, CMI, accommodation...)

You must reach supporting documents mentioned during your online application or on the form.

The documents must be sent (or scanned if you apply online) to the MDPH of your place of residence.

The MDPH's Commission on the Rights and Autonomy of Persons with Disabilities (CDAPH) is examining the application.

His response comes in a delay of 4 months.

The absence of response of CDAPH for more than 4 months is implied rejection decision.

Yes, the decision of the CDAPH to refuse may be the subject of a compulsory prior administrative appeal (Rapo) with the MDPH. This remedy must be exercised before any appeal to the court.

The RAPO must be filed within 2 months from the receipt of the contested decision. This decision must be attached to your appeal.

The absence of a response from the CDAPH for more than 2 months constitutes an implicit rejection decision.

Based on that decision, explicit or implicit, you have 2 months to appeal to the court of law the location of your residence.

The duration of the allocation of the AEEH and its supplements depends on disability rate of your child as determined by the CDAPH.

The AEEH and its supplements are paid to you every month.

The AEEH and its complements shall be reviewed to the maximum extent possible every 2 years when the CDAPH has decided on special education and care measures for your child.

When the AEEH and its supplements are awarded without a time limit, there is no mandatory periodic review.

Yes, the basic AEEH may be cumulated with all the aid supported by the disability compensation benefit (PCH). On the other hand, if you receive the AEEH together with its supplement, the FCH may be awarded only for aid related to the layout of the dwelling or vehicle or additional transport costs.

Yes, the AEEH shall continue to be paid during the Next 3 months the death of your child. The same applies to the AEEH supplement and the single parent supplement.