The importance of professional work in the life of people with disabilities

Abstract

The aim of the article is to show the process of acquiring a chosen profession and further professional work among people with disabilities of different ages. A brief review of the definition of work values for people with disabilities was made. Professional activity was taken into account as a favorable rehabilitation process. The publication focuses, among others, on: on available forms of special vocational education in Poland, employment situation of groups of people with disabilities in Poland and Europe. The authors describe the learning process taking into account applicable regulations and the rights of people with special needs. They emphasize that an equally important and difficult element is entering the labor market and maintaining professional activity, which results in financial independence and the possibility of development for a group of employees with various disabilities. Moreover, the authors characterized two basic models of employment of people with disabilities on the labor market: employment on special conditions and employment on the open labor market. The created conditions help people with disabilities to take up work despite their limitations.