Identifier: TDX:711
Authors:
Vives García, Maria
Abstract:
This research project is based on the belief that all people should have the same possibilities, and therefore, inequality, discrimination, segregation and exclusion must be avoided. We should all have equal rights and opportunities in education, at work and in all aspects of our lives in society.Disabled people's access to and integration in universities can currently be considered to be an expanding phenomenon, and in some cases is now becoming consolidated. This is due, among other reasons, to a series of changes and initiatives in the regulation, organisation and operative areas of the education and social environment. Among others, we can highlight the following:· There is now greater recognition of the rights of disabled people. Social recognition of rights to equal opportunities for all people, together with regulations created for the education of disabled people have contributed to this progress. The principles of non-discrimination, equality of opportunities, integration and regulation have been taken up by the United Nations with the following initiatives: The World Action Program for People with Disabilities (1983); Standard Rules on the Equalisation of Opportunities for People with Disabilities (1993), Declaration of Salamanca (1994); and also by the European council: European Social Model (1996), Luxembourg Model (1996), European Union Treaty, Amsterdam (1997); and closer to home, by Spain: Law of Social Integration of People with Disabilities, LISMI (1982), Law for Organic Planning of the Education System, LOGSE (1990), Organic Law of Universities (2001;2007) Law of Equal Opportunities and Non-discrimination of People with Disabilities (2003), and the Royal Decree of University Education Planning (2007)· The support given to students with disabilities at
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