Innovative forms of social and psychological rehabilitation of persons with disabilities

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of social integration of people with disabilities, the ultimate goal of which is to solve the issues of their the employment as it is an urgent need for present Ukraine. The normative and legal framework on the issues connected with employment of this category of citizens was analysed, the organizational and legal principles of homework application were revealed, economic and social benefits of disabled persons’ employment at home were determined. The purpose of this research was to substantiate the effectiveness of homework as a type of social and psychological rehabilitation of people with disabilities. To reach the article objective we used the following research methods: analysis of international and Ukrainian legislation on the promotion of disabled people’s employment; survey, which involved 70 disabled persons having different nosologies; analysis of the employment status of people with disabilities in Ukraine and further development of recommendations for homework introduction into domestic practice to support people who are in difficult living conditions. Due to this, the normative and legal framework on the employment of this category of citizens was analysed; the economic and social advantages of homework were determined. The results of our research highlight the fact that work activities, in particular homework, can help to overcome some barriers and stereotypes connected with employment: psychological, physical, social, organizational, regulatory (related to the imperfection of the regulatory framework).