ПЕРСОНАЛНА АСИСТЕНЦИЈА КАО ОБЛИК ВАНИНСТИТУЦИОНАЛНЕ ПОДРШКЕ ОСОБАМА СА ИНВАЛИДИТЕТОМ
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE AS A FORM OF NON-INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Summary/Abstract: Quality of life of people of desabilities depends of measures of support. Personal assistance is an important form of non-institutional support for people with disabilities. Its essence is that in the focus of attention is the user and his/her needs. Personal assistance enables people with disabilities to engage in society and satisfy their personal, professional and social needs. Personal assistance is actually the embodiment of a philosophy of independent life, the principles of which are: the possibility of choice, independence in decision-making, control of the work of assistants, responsibility and the right to mistake. In addition to the legal and subordinate regulations of importance for the implementation of personal assistance in Republic of Serbia, in this paper will also analyze working of service of personal assistance in Niš. In this way, the key problems in the functioning of the personal assistant servicecan be noticed. As one of the most serious problems is project financing of personal assistance in all cities of Serbia, which greatly affects its sustainability and reduces the quality of life of persons with disabilities and the certainty of the employment of the assistants themselves. Solving this and all other problems related to the functioning of personal assistance in Serbia will certainly contribute to the realization of the principles of social justice and the creation of a more humane and more just society.

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