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Mostly in bigger cities, parallel with the democratic changes in the Republic of Serbia at the beginning of 2000, the accessibility of human environment, especially for persons with disabilities, started to be dealt with. However, the focus of all these actions was exclusively on persons with disabilities (special design) rather than on all potential beneficiaries (design for all). Such access to the planning of our environment has not delivered feasible results and it has lead to specialized solutions for only certain group of people. The paper represents another attempt to point to the importance of accessibility as a characteristic of the environment important for all people, regardless of their physical, sensory, intellectual characteristics and/or their age. The concept "design for all" is presented as a model of planning and creating a person's environment that can contribute to the creation of "inclusive society", of special importance to persons with disabilities, and at the same time also to all other beneficiaries of public spaces, products, information and/or services. The new concept and actions was also supported by current changes in legislation of the Republic of Serbia which adopted very affirmative measures for increase in accessibility of the public environment.
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In the first part of text the author critically examines the officially accepted term persons with disabilities suggesting that it is not compatible with Serbian languages spirit. He points to the negative effects of too often repeated terminological revolutions: He concludes that there is need for a more cautious stance in accepting linguistically-based solutions for meta-language problems. The adequate conceptualization of disabled people's organizations goes far beyond the terminological level. The author has identified two possible meanings of the term: 1) organizations dealing with issues related to disability, particularly with promoting the entire social status of persons with disabilities; 2) Organizations whose members are exclusively disabled persons themselves or their legal representatives. The author has pointed that there is no correspondence between the two senses: there are organizations with no disabled members that successfully contribute in making the disability issues an integral and inevitable part of policy and public opinion-makers' agenda. The disabled people's organizations have no monopoly over disability issues. On the other hand, the organizations whose members are exclusively disabled persons need not to be confined in their activities within a disability horizon. The third part concerns with relationship between disabled people's organizations and entire NGO-sector.
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Maja Lukic, Damjan Tatic Summer school about the prevention of discrimination of persons with disabilities ................. 227 Ivana Krstic The protection of the rights of persons with disabilities (Damjan Tatic, The protection of the rights of persons with disabilities) ..................... 231 Svenka Savic The home for children and young people with disabilities (Milica Mirna Ruzicic, My picture, my story) .................. 235
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