PANČOCHA, Karel and Lenka SLEPIČKOVÁ. Contextualizing disability within the Czech republic: between invisibility and inclusion (Contextualizing disability within the czech republic: between invisibility and inclusion). In Research and Training Institute of the East Aegean (INEAG), Greece. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Education. Samos, Greece: Research and Training Institute of East Aegean, Greece, 2012, p. 998-1005. ISBN 978-618-5009-05-2.
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Original name Contextualizing disability within the Czech republic: between invisibility and inclusion
Name in Czech Kontext postižení v České republice: mezi neviditelností a inkluzí
Authors PANČOCHA, Karel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Lenka SLEPIČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Samos, Greece, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Education, p. 998-1005, 8 pp. 2012.
Publisher Research and Training Institute of East Aegean, Greece
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Original language English
Type of outcome Proceedings paper
Field of Study 50300 5.3 Education
Country of publisher Greece
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form storage medium (CD, DVD, flash disk)
WWW URL
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14410/12:00061226
Organization unit Faculty of Education
ISBN 978-618-5009-05-2
ISSN 1792-3867
Keywords (in Czech) postoje vůči zdravotním postižením; začlenění do společnosti; inkluze; zdravotní postižení; Česká republika
Keywords in English attitudes toward disabilities; inclusion; disability; Czech Republic
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: PhDr. Pavla Pitnerová, Ph.D., učo 32695. Changed: 5/4/2013 10:10.
Abstract
Full acceptance and low level of prejudice towards people with disabilities in the context of formal and non-formal relations is a necessary precondition for the successful inclusive process within all types of institutions (family, work, neighborhood). The Czech Republic is a country with specific history of processes of inclusion and exclusion – both were virtually unknown in the framework of education and within the public sphere for decades before 1990. Our paper aims to analyze the context of inclusive processes in the Czech Republic through researching attitudes of the general public towards people with disabilities to find out where on the road between their „invisibility“ and „inclusion“ we are. In our research, carried out in December 2011, we administered an adapted version of Bogardus scale of social distance to a representative sample of Czech population aged 15 to 65. The questions were aimed to provide information about three types of disabilities (Physical, Intellectual and Sensory). The analysis looked closely at the level of acceptance in educational settings and also at focus on generational comparison. Data showed that younger and more educated groups of population are more tolerant than older groups and groups with lower education. This has been found not only when considering the overall relation to people with disabilities, but also when focusing on acceptance of people with different disabilities in educational context. A person with a disability has been more often accepted as a schoolmate or child’s schoolmate by respondents with lower age and higher education. These statistically and practically significant differences could be assigned to socialization of young age cohorts in the democratic political system, after the end of the era of “invisibility“ and isolation of people with disabilities and start of processes leading towards inclusion and community participation in all spheres of social life.
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