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Disabled people Disabled people are like us!are like us!

Disabled people in Disabled people in Poland and Poland and HungaryHungary

You have just become You have just become the parent of disabled the parent of disabled

child!child!

What I have to What I have to do???do???

As estimated 1.2 As estimated 1.2 million pupils have million pupils have special educational special educational needs (14% of all needs (14% of all pupils) of whom pupils) of whom 250,000 have 250,000 have statements of statements of

special educational special educational need (3% of all need (3% of all

pupils). pupils).

Education for the disabled in Education for the disabled in HungaryHungaryInstitutions Institutions 175 175 191 191 196 196 197 197

Separate classes in normal Separate classes in normal general schoolsgeneral schools

440 440 462 462 459 459 462 462

Classrooms Classrooms 3,262 3,262 3,415 3,415 3,498 3,498 3,443 3,443

Teachers Teachers 6,163 6,163 6,238 6,238 6,405 6,405

6,433 6,433

Students Students

39,3939,393 3

40,89040,890 41,6941,696 6

41,924 41,924

in nursery schools in nursery schools 821 821 901 901 1,129 1,129 1,188 1,188

in general schools in general schools 35,9235,921 1

34,594 34,594 35,0235,021 1

36,069 36,069

in special short vocational in special short vocational schoolsschools

2,651 2,651 5,395 5,395 5,546 5,546 4,667 4,667

yearyear 1990/1990/9191

1993/1993/9494

19941994/95/95

1995/1995/9696

Education for the disabled in Education for the disabled in PolandPolandSpecial schools Special schools 85,8% 85,8% 67,7% 67,7% 64,6% 64,6%

Special classes in Special classes in schools schools

6,8% 6,8% 6,1% 6,1% 5,9% 5,9%

Integrative schools Integrative schools 2,1% 2,1% 2,1% 2,1% 2,8%2,8%

Normal schools Normal schools 4,3% 4,3% 4,9% 4,9% 7,8% 7,8%

Theraphy schools Theraphy schools 0,9% 0,9% 2,8% 2,8% 3,0% 3,0%

Equalizative Equalizative classes classes

2,8% 2,8% 16,4% 16,4% 15,7% 15,7%

Total Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

yearyear 1995/96 1995/96 1996/91996/97 7

1997/1997/98 98

Streets are Streets are useful for us, but useful for us, but what about what about disabled people?disabled people?

The high rate of The high rate of unemployment unemployment of disabled of disabled people!people!

Conclusion:Conclusion:

• the lack of integration of disabled people the lack of integration of disabled people into societyinto society

• disabled people are not welcomed on the disabled people are not welcomed on the streets, nor can they gain access to public streets, nor can they gain access to public buildings or public transportation.buildings or public transportation.

• there are no state-run training or there are no state-run training or employment programsemployment programs

• hight rate of unemployment within the hight rate of unemployment within the disabled : in Poland one person is disabled : in Poland one person is employed out of 12-15employed out of 12-15

• the families of disabled children are left the families of disabled children are left to their own coping devices, because to their own coping devices, because there is no one to whom they can turn.there is no one to whom they can turn.

• lack of policy on support, discrimination lack of policy on support, discrimination and intolerance, difficulty in getting and intolerance, difficulty in getting information information

• social allowance limitation or social allowance limitation or deprivationdeprivation

• ignorance of disabled in social life ignorance of disabled in social life

•The situation of The situation of disabled people in disabled people in diifferent countries is diifferent countries is similar like disabled similar like disabled are similar to us!are similar to us!