W jakim stopniu nowe regulacje ustawowe w zakresie dostępności zwiększają szanse na aktywizację społeczną i zawodową osób z niepełnosprawnościami?
How do new statutory regulations on accessibility increase the chances of social and professional activation of people with disabilities?

Author(s): Piotr Sieradzki
Subject(s): Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: accessibility standards; socio-professional activation
Summary/Abstract: The article asks to what extent the dissemination and introduction of accessibility standards canresult in the social and professional activation of people who have so far remained on the sidelinesof public life due to various deficits of an institutional, social and personal nature?The theoretical basis for these considerations is the social model of disability, which locates theproblem of participation of MSPs in public life in the organization of society and in the propertiesof the environment in which such people function. The empirical basis for this article will bethe authors participation as a researcher and auditor in research and implementation projects onaccessibility in 2018–2022.This article is undoubtedly one of the first to seek the relationship between accessibility standardsand the level of social and professional activation of people with disabilities and special needs. Thetopic is dynamic for several reasons. First, the process of adaptation itselfin the year of writing the article (2023) is in its early stages. Secondly, the standards themselveswill be developed for the various departments of the public sector and thus optimal solutions willarrive. Thirdly, research on accessibility and activation will become more advanced and capableof monitoring this complex – non-linear development. At this point it can be concluded, that therelationship between these two spheres: accessibility – activation is positive, but still indirect andwithout solving the many problems.

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