Summary
After its Independence, Lithuania has witnessed to a considerable number of positive changes in the sphere of integration of the disabled. Still, the current situation of the disabled in Lithuania could be called paradoxical. It has reached a critical point and demands radical solutions. On the one hand, the attention and tolerance of the society towards the disabled have been augmenting; on the other hand, the care for the disabled is becoming declaratory. The main and the greatest obstacle for the integration of the disabled into society is a negative attitude towards them; while, on the contrary, a positive attitude is one of the crucial conditions for succesful integration.
Although nowadays media has been showing a greater interest in the life of the disabled, the great part of society regards people with a handicap as those who have to live and work seperately. An attitude of traditional segregation of the disabled is disappearing very slowly. People with mental disability are still welcomed with an especially unfavourable attitude.
Thus the object of the survey of the diploma – is an attitude towards people with mental disability; and the aim of this work – is to reveal an expression of an affirmative/optimistic attitude towards people with a mental handicap in daily social interaction.
Survey tasks
1. To examine and evaluate the attitude of the workers of the day-care center towards people with mental disability;
2. To reveal how the workers manage to... [to full text]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LABT_ETD/oai:elaba.lt:LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2007~D_20070104_145644-55817 |
| Date | 04 January 2007 |
| Creators | Jašinauskaitė, Kristina |
| Contributors | Stankutė, Rūta, Bikmanienė, Raimonda, Mikėnienė, Svajonė, Kanopienė, Vida, Mikulionienė, Sarmitė, Vosyliūtė, Anelė, Mykolas Romeris University |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), Mykolas Romeris University |
| Source Sets | Lithuanian ETD submission system |
| Language | Lithuanian |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2007~D_20070104_145644-55817 |
| Rights | Unrestricted |
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