Człowiek z niepełnosprawnością – w ułomnej strukturze biegu życia
A Disabled Individual. In the Imperfect Structure of the Course of Life

Author(s): Leszek Ploch
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: the course of life; disability; family; environment; a future perspective
Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on the nature of imperfection of the structure of the course of life of a disabled individual, determined not only by the phenomenon of deficits and limitations caused by the consequences of diseases and random incidents. It has been indicated that the content of the course of every human’s life consists of both the general state of the condition of the psychophysical development of a human being, his or her being prepared properly for performing social roles as well as the universally expected level of competence, a skill of knowing how to behave in difficult situations, a sense of stabilization during puberty and while acquiring important skills and important social and professional competences. What should be regarded as an especially essential element in building a perspective structure of the course of life is an individual contribution from the early school period and adolescence because every person included in a specific circle (e.g. the family, teachers, friends) has an opportunity to enable its own chance at the stage of developing an available strategy of functioning and, by the agency of it, in interpreting personal individual ideas, solu¬tions, observations, feelings, hopes, desires, becoming identified with the surrounding world, overcoming adversities consistently and patiently. Disabled individuals’ activity and consequently a determined collection of individual achievements and accomplishments should be treated as superiorly extraordinary in relation to the everyday reality because in every instance it is an unusually important and measurable factor in learning about the world, communicating with it, self-development and passing on their own achievements (products).

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