Analysis of the situation of people with intellectual disability and combined disabilities in the Republic of Macedonia

Stanojkovska-Trajkovska, Natasha and Georgievska, Sofija and Karovska Ristovska, Aleksandra and Karovska Andonovska, Biljana and Rashich-Caneska, Olivera (2017) Analysis of the situation of people with intellectual disability and combined disabilities in the Republic of Macedonia. [Project]

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Abstract

The subject of this research is, through a desk-top analysis of the national legislation and by conducting field research on the quality of life of the people with intellectual disability and combined disabilities, conducting semi-structured interviews and focus groups and drafting case studies, to define the present situation, with emphasis on the barriers that these people face when accessing information and services for people with intellectual disability and combined disabilities in the three relevant sectors: education, social protection and healthcare.
The goal of the research and analysis in general is to improve the quality of life of people with intellectual disability and combined disabilities by providing specific recommendations to improve the access to information and services in the three sectors: education, social protection and healthcare. These recommendations would contribute towards the development of positive policies and practices for people with disabilities. The target group that would directly gain benefit from the recommendations provided are the people with intellectual disability and combined disabilities, but indirect beneficiaries would also be their parents, as well as the professionals involved in the process of education and social inclusion of these people. Over the course of the research, the target group that the data was obtained from consisted of parents of children with ID and combined disabilities; experts who are directly involved in the work with people with disability; members of the non-governmental sector; professionals who tailor the policies for people with disability, and certainly the people with ID and combined disabilities that we obtained relevant data from on the quality of their life.

Item Type:	Project
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Other social sciences
Divisions:	Military Academy
Depositing User:	Biljana Karovska Andonovska
Date Deposited:	06 Mar 2023 12:20
Last Modified:	06 Mar 2023 12:20
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/31490

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