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Introduction
TheReadersareprovidedwithanotherissueofthejournal”Problems
ofEducation,RehabilitationandSocializationoftheDisabled”(1/2015,Vol-
ume20).Transformedfromthepublishingseriesunderthesametitle,the
journalhasnotchangeditsinterdisciplinarycharacter.Thecurrentissueis
acollectionoftextswhichundertakeandexploreindetailthesubjectofThe
disabledinalocalenvironment.
Theissueofthedisabled’slifespaceisstilltopicalandcognitivelyin-
triguing.Mainlyduetothedynamicnatureofthisspace,politicalchanges
(includinglegalandorganizationalones)determineotherchanges–inthe
institutionalspaceandlocalgovernment.Somequestionsareraisedconcern-
ingtherightnessofsocialpolicy,healthcareandservices,aswellastheques-
tionsaboutthestandpointsofthedisabledandtherepresentativesofvarious
institutions.Thepracticaldimensionofthedisabledpeople’ssituationintheir
ownenvironmentconstitutesbotharesearchfieldandaspaceforchange–
achanceforthefuture.
Thelocalenvironmentisanaturalareawherethedisabledandtheir
familiesfunction.Whattakesplaceherearethemostmeaningfulinteractions
amongtheimportantactorsoffamilylife,neighbourhoodandsociallife–the
actorsatschool,atworkorininstitutions.
Overtheyears,thesocialperceptionofpeoplewithdisabilitieshaschanged
–theawarenesshasbeenraisedthatdisabilitycanafecteveryoneasboththe
humanbodyandthementalityaredestroyable,fragileandpronetounfavourable
influences.However,notalltypesofdisabilityarefacedwithpositiveattitudes
towardsthepeopleexperiencingthem.Whatstillseemstofaceunwantedreac-
tionsare:intellectualdisability,mentaldisorders,substantialvisibledisability.
Thenormalizationofdisabledpeople’slifeisaslowpacedprocess,deter-
minedbymanybarriers.Therefore,itisofcrucialsignificanceforscientific,