Barriers to Psychosocial Activity of People with Disabilities – Myths and Reality

Abstract

Analysis of the elements of definitions and ways to define the term “disability” leads to reflection that barriers to psychosocial activity of people with disabilities may concern every age and every area of activity. These barriers may be associated with the disabilities, and thus the biological and psychological conditioning. They can also not be connected to the person
with disability and those are the ones that have been analysed in detail. Presentation of the most important legislation calls into question the lack of attention to security conditions to
carry out the tasks of life for people with disabilities at every stage of life. However, implementation and enforcement of rights appertained to persons with disabilities is associated
with a lack of willingness to integrate on the part of able-bodied members of society. Overcoming this barrier takes time because of the change in attitudes towards disability. The development
of technology and computer science eliminates the enormous amount of previously existing barriers resulting from the application of conventional prostheses and allows one
to replace some of the lost functions of the body but there is still serious economic barrier.