According to the definition that emerged from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006, 4) ‘persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others’.
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Eight-Point Project: Action Research, as a Development Tool for Non-Profit Organizations
Sara Csillag (Budapest Business School, Hungary), Eva Balázs (Equal Opportunities for People with Disabilities Non Profit Ltd, Hungary), Mihály Kocsis (University of Pécs, Hungary), Tessza Udvarhelyi (Equal Opportunities for People with Disabilities Non Profit Ltd, Hungary), and Iren Vago (Equal Opportunities for People with Disabilities Non Profit Ltd, Hungary)
Copyright: © 2017
|Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0731-4.ch022
Abstract
In this chapter the authors report the outcomes of a year-long action research project in which engaged researchers of different professional fields tried to support non-profit institutions and their staff to develop the Hungarian care system for autistic people, re-instill the above-mentioned courage of individuals and teams (composed of psychologists, social workers, special education teachers and parents) and to invent and adopt new processes and procedures. Coordinated and supported by a central research team, 27 non-profit care institutions in the fields of education, employment, housing and social services, healthcare and crisis intervention from all over Hungary led their own action research.