Contextualizing disability within the Czech republic: between
invisibility and inclusion

a 2012

Contextualizing disability within the Czech republic: between invisibility and inclusion

PANČOCHA, Karel and Lenka SLEPIČKOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Contextualizing disability within the Czech republic: between invisibility and inclusion

Authors

PANČOCHA, Karel and Lenka SLEPIČKOVÁ

Edition

Book of abstracts ICE 2012 Conference, 2012

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Konferenční abstrakt

Field of Study

50300 5.3 Education

Country of publisher

Greece

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Organization unit

Faculty of Education

ISBN

978-618-5009-04-5

ISSN

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

Abstract

V originále

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.

Links

MSM0021622443, plan (intention)

Name: Speciální potřeby žáků v kontextu Rámcového vzdělávacího programu pro základní vzdělávání

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Special Needs of Pupils in Context with Framework Educational Programme for Primary Education

Citovat

PANČOCHA, Karel and Lenka SLEPIČKOVÁ. Contextualizing disability within the Czech republic: between invisibility and inclusion. In Book of abstracts ICE 2012 Conference. 2012. ISBN 978-618-5009-04-5.

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PANČOCHA, Karel and Lenka SLEPIČKOVÁ. Contextualizing disability within the Czech republic: between invisibility and inclusion. In \textit{Book of abstracts ICE 2012 Conference}. 2012. ISBN~978-618-5009-04-5.

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