POSITIVE STIGMA OF THE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND BULGARIA

Vesela Kazashka (), Dora Levterova () and Margarita Ruseva ()
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Vesela Kazashka: Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv
Dora Levterova: Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv
Margarita Ruseva: Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv

CBU International Conference Proceedings, 2013, vol. 1, issue 0, 314-322

Abstract: Communication requires unconditional respect for the other. Acknowledging the qualities of the people is a basis for good communication. Communication starts when you accept the people the way they are. The social, economic and technical development provides opportunities for good professional realization of people with special educational needs. The resistance, striving for “survival” and successful “introduction” into the social life are a prerequisite for success. The people who are stigmatized and their families are aware that once they have been labeled, they should have to overcome this stigma and to take the maximum possible good out of this label. Positive stigma stimulates the people with disabilities seek more contacts, to become more independent and to realize themselves adequately in the social life. The survey of attitudes and motivation scale contact with people with disabilities give reliable information about what is the attitude of students towards people with disabilities and what were their contacts. The successful integration into society of people with special educational needs depends also on the perceptions and attitudes of the professionals who work with them too. Undoubtedly, the attitudes and models for the disabled people change and will continue to change. In this context the disabled people should develop social identity and public awareness, but not only in their stigmatized group, but in a broad social aspect.

Keywords: communication; people with disabilities; positive stigma (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.12955/cbup.v1.51

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