Neįgaliųjų asmenų sociokultūrinis ugdymas Utenos miesto bendruomenėje

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Bendruomenė; Nevyriausybinė organizacija; Neįgalieji; Neįgalusis asmuo; Sociokultūrinis ugdymas; Utenos miesto bendruomenė; Community; Disabled Person; Non-governmental Organization; Persons with disabilities; Socio-cultural Education; Sociocultural education; Utena City Community.

ENThe object of the research is the sociocultural education of the disabled people in Utena district community. The aim of the research is to analyse the sociocultural education of the disabled people in Utena district community. The objectives of the research are as follows: discuss the peculiarities of sociocultural education of the disabled people in community, discuss the activity of NGOs of the disabled in Utena, their functions and preconditions for sociocultural education, carry out the analysis of sociocultural activity of the disabled People NGOs in Utena district. The methods of the research: the analysis of the scientific and methodological references, document analysis, a questionnaire based inquiry, statistical data analysis of a questionnaire based inquiry. The theoretical part discusses the concept of disability, socialization and Integration of the disabled in society and sociocultural education in community. It also discusses the activity of the disable people NGOs in Utena town.The practical part of the paper presents a research that aimed to reveal the peculiarities of sociocultural education of the disabled by NGOs in Utena town. The paper ends up with the conclusions: there are various NGOs of the disabled people in Utena town and the most numerous of them are The Association of the Disabled of Utena district, Association for Care of Mentally Disordered People “Utenos viltis”. The members of these associations not only defend their tights, provide suggestions for their associations, but also carry out sociocultural Activity, the disabled people in NGOs in Utena district equal to that of community, as they are united by common interests, needs and living area, and explain sociocultural education as the possible need to realize themselves in leisure acuities, sports and cultural activity. [From the publication]