Problems of families with disabled children

On the data from a sociological survey the article considers problems of the quality of life of families with disabled children and with persons disabled from childhood. The analysis is made on the results of in-depth interviews and focus-groups with representatives of families having disabled children and the disabled from childhood, social organizations of the disabled, and specialists from the educational correctional institutions of Taganrog. The survey revealed the problems remaining in such priority spheres of life as provision of general education and vocational training, medical aid, fully subsidized medicines and jobs for both the disabled themselves and their parents, etc. One of the causes is lack of specialized rehabilitation centers for child patients in the region. There are serious problem with establishing channels for interaction of the socium and the local administrative bodies. The author draws a conclusion that the state programme Accessible Environment being implemented at all levels of the administration and management needs a substantial adjustment with the account of the needs of different categories of the of the disabled.