Persons with Disabilities and Eliminating the Social Barriers
Persons with Disabilities and Eliminating the Social Barriers

Summary/Abstract: The European Social Model (ESM) is a model of integration policy, a dynamic model whose development is influenced by global, European and national processes, including EU enlargement. The ESM is the model of unity in diversity and that includes not only cultural minorities. People with disabilities represent a group of persons for which social barriers still persists. Attitudes, beliefs and misconceptions of society constitute a major barrier for people with disabilities. The present study presents the main representations of disability in written Romanian media as vector of public opinion change.

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