Self-education and a process of disabled people’s self-directed rehabilitation

Abstract

The phenomenon of self-education is still underestimated in the world of social science including pedagogy. Self-education is a process of educating yourself, it is a process of personal development. Self- education is an activity which consist in partaking in self-upbringing. The process of self-education is possible to realize by people with disability although it depends on the type of disability. In Poland, the authors of a conception of self-directed rehabilitation are I. Obuchowska and C. Kosakowski. Self-directed rehabilitation of people with disability is a conscious activity, taking responsibility for themselves and being in control of the development and education. That is important to bring their individual ability, ideas and needs. The process of self-directed rehabilitation is strictly connected with development of self-acceptance including a disability.