Resource Capabilities of Children with Disabilities

The younger generation is an important resource of society. However, children with disabilities require significantly more material, physical and emotional inputs in the process of socialization in comparison with healthy peers in order to later become full-fledged subjects of social reproduction. Children with disabilities are clearly losing their peers, having a low level of health, education, opportunities for self-realization, traditionally seen as individuals with low human potential. As a result, young people with disabilities remain largely unclaimed in society and they cannot fully realize themselves and as a whole bring benefit to society.

In 2011 and 2013 years the author conducted a sociological study among children with disabilities in the aged from 12 to 18 years to identify the resource potential of the juvenile disabled. The respondents were interviewed through a formal interview. So, the juvenile disabled consider themselves talented people who realize their abilities in various social practices. Most of the studied types of students are active members of the society who have the relevant social norm of knowledge, skills, aspirations and values.

Thus, in this connection, we note that the younger generation with disabilities can be considered the perspective intellectual, economic, social, political and cultural reserve of society and investing in them is the most important task of the state, influencing national security.