ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIVERSITY NETWORK CONCERNED WITH THE INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: A QUICK UPDATE ON THE EVOLUTION IN FRANCE OF INCLUSION IN SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY AND EMPLOYMENT

Sagot Jack  –  Ex-professor at CNEFEI and INSHEA, Researcher associated with the THIM Team, CHART 4004 Laboratory (Human Cognition and ARTificielle), University of Paris 8,

UDC: 378.4

Within the framework of former European TEMPUS-TACIS projects, several Russian university teams have had the opportunity to analyse comparatively some situations of inclusion of people with disabilities in Portugal, Germany and particularly in France where they have been able to observe the implementation of the law 2005-102, «law for equal rights and opportunities, participation and citizenship of people with disabilities», at school and higher education level. The article recalls the main innovations discovered in France in 2006 and specifies since then the main French developments in terms of school, university and professional inclusion. The results of specialized vocational training for young people with disabilities in France are discribed. Also raised questions about the role of the associations of parents and/or adults with disabilities. The issues of employment of persons with disabilities and providing them with protected jobs were touched upon.

Key words: Cooperation project, children with motor disabilities, with psychic disorders, specific language and learning disorders, cognitive function disorders, hearing function disorders, visual function disorders, autism spectrum disorders, access to the university for people with disabilities, adaptation of the environment, job adaptation, protected work structures, indicates the compensation measures, inclusive school, resource teacher, employment trends, vocational training

For citation: Sagot Jack ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIVERSITY NETWORK CONCERNED WITH THE INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: A QUICK UPDATE ON THE EVOLUTION IN FRANCE OF INCLUSION IN SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY AND EMPLOYMENT. Pedagogicheskie issledovaniya = Pedagogical Research. 2021;(1):75–106. (In Russ.).

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