Purpose of the conducted research was to analyze a processual dimension of transformations of a disabled person’s life, which take place under influence of experiences related to sport practicing. A basis for realization ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system resulting in a multitude of impairments that may include symptoms such as: difficulties with gait, balance, sensation, pain, bladder and/or ...

The article deals with the issues of advocacy and its interpretation in the social sciences (sociology, social policy, social work). Tensions in the area of advocacy for persons with disabilities and disability associated ...

We are witnesses of profound changes associated with the ageing of European societies and the rise in the number of people who are sick and disabled, which becomes more and more visible. Mass media evolve, accommodating ...

The aim of the article was to present the relationship between social capital, taking into account its two forms: bonding and bridging capital, and emotional benefits achieved by people with disabilities as a result of its ...

Demonstrating the social situation of the people with disabilities requires determining their position in relation to the rest of society, which makes it necessary to compare the relationships of people with disabilities ...

Currently we are witnessing the clash of two trends in social policy towards people with intellectual disabilities. The first stems from the idea of equality, it is predominant and is well rooted in the public consciousness. ...

Occupational therapy is a form of rehabilitation, which since recently was not recognized as the vital subject of the social discourse. This is due to the fact that for many decades in Poland this discipline was stagnating, ...

The paper includes an analysis of rank-and-file social movement aiming at reform of Manual Workshops for intellectually disabled participants. This movement is an answer on long termed system negligence. The conceptual ...