PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN POLAND IN THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION. COMMENTS FOLLOWING THE SURVEY Cover Image

OSOBY Z NIEPEŁNOSPRAWNOŚCIAMI W POLSCE W ODBIORZE SPOŁECZNYM. UWAGI NA TLE BADAŃ PRZEPROWADZONYCH W 2019 ROKU
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN POLAND IN THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION. COMMENTS FOLLOWING THE SURVEY

Author(s): Marzenna Giedrojć
Subject(s): Social differentiation, Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology, Sports Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
Keywords: people with disabilities; exclusion; disability sport; politicisation of disability;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to try to answer the questions: How do Poles in the 21st century perceive people with disabilities? Does the development of sport for people with disabilities foster their integration with non-disabled people? In search of answers to these questions, a comparative and statistical analysis of our own research from 2019 and CBOS surveys from 2000, 2007 and 2017 was carried out. The considerations allow the following conclusions: Poles' attitudes towards people with disabilities are influenced by knowledge about disability, frequency of contact with these people and sociodemographic conditions. A shift is taking place from a medical understanding of disability to a policy of integration with non-disabled people. What is needed, however, is a paradigm shift in the approach to disability from helping the 'disabled sick' towards measures to ensure equal rights and opportunities for people with disabilities.

  • Issue Year: 19/2021
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 18-31
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish