Zjawisko niepełnosprawności w Stalowej Woli z perspektywy osób niepełnosprawnych, studentów oraz w świetle stanu faktycznego
The Phenomenon of Disability in the Perception of Disabled People and Students: Selected Aspects

Author(s): Mirosław Rewera
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: phenomenon of disability; disabled people; architectural barriers; students; facilities for people with disabilities
Summary/Abstract: This article is based on research results from 2011 and 2015 conducted in Stalowa Wola jointly with the Students’ of Sociology Scientific Circle “Societas” on three aspects of perception of phenomenon of disability: architectural barriers in the lives of people with mobility disabilities, actions undertaken by those people to eliminate them, and also perception of disabled people by students. The research results showed that architectural barriers still are the major obstacle to the functioning of people with disabilities. Those people undertake little activity in taking of various actions due to improve of their living situation. While the research results from 2015 show that students have little knowledge about the functioning of people with disabilities and do not have much of experience in relationships with those people. In addition, the statistical data of the District Center for Family Support in Stalowa Wola show that in the town in recent years the positive changes in public buildings have been observed in terms of facilities for people with disabilities. However, not everywhere they were introduced.

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