Institutions for persons with disabilities for Persons with Disabilities will thus be guaranteed. By the end of February 2018, the NPM expects to receive an interim report containing the results of an evaluation of the living conditions and individual support opportunities of all residents under 40 living in centres for psychosocial rehabilitation. The NPM made a recommendation to include centres for psychosocial rehabilitation and after-care facilities for those suffering from drug and alcohol addiction in the scope of the Carinthian Equal Opportunities Act. In this regard it has been confirmed that priority will be given to adding this measure to the Governmental Programme 2018-2023. The current regulation of Section 2 (3) of the Carinthian Equal Opportunities Act can only be classified as the unobjective legal discrimination of persons with chronic mental illnesses whose limitations have not been considered and recognised as mental disability to date. Robert Musil described the discrimination of persons with chronic illnesses in his novel “Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften” (“The Man Without Qualities”) with the words: “The unfortunates suffered not only from inferior health, but also from an inferior illness.” XX 2.4.7  The NPM repeats the recommendation that the scope of the Carinthian Equal Opportunities Act be extended to include the housing of persons with mental illnesses in so called centres for psychosocial rehabilitation, but also of persons with substance use disorders in after-care facilities. Serious substance use disorders are mental disabilities Whilst the pathological significance of depression and anxiety disorders as illnesses mostly goes unchallenged, patients with psychiatric diagnoses and/ or substance use disorders (dependence on and abuse of alcohol or drugs) have to live with the prejudice that their situation is their own fault. Drawing borders between the prevailing perceptions of what is normal and what is illness-related behaviour questions the identity of those affected and puts their social integration at risk. Not every psychiatric disease ends in mental disability. Nevertheless, there are chronically ill patients who cannot cope with the requirements of everyday social roles over a long time or permanently. Discrimination, institutionalisation and exclusion from society Based on the social model of disability, the NPM thus comes to the conclusion, in contrast to widespread prejudices (and several regulations in the Laender laws), that “chronic addiction” can be covered by the term “mental disability” in the meaning of the UN CRPD. The condition, however, is that this is accompanied by a long-term medical functional impairment that in combination with social barriers results or could result in difficulty in taking part in society. UN CRPD covers chronic addiction 97