Neįgaliųjų žmonių integracijos galimybės Lietuvos teisinėje sistemoje: medicininiai, etiniai ir teisiniai aspektai

First of all, in this work, there is a definition of disability given. Because of a wrong understanding of disability, there is often a negative attitude towards disabled people. Therefore, there was an effort to explain this phenomenon from medical, ethical and legal aspects. The historical development of the concept of disability is given in order to better understand disability. It is shown how the attitude towards disabled people changed through the years. Also, there is an analysis of three main models of disability - medical, social and support models – which need to be understood in our society. The vision of the legal model of disability is necessary in the process of creating a legal state in Lithuania and attempting to become a part of an international democratic state community. There is also an analysis of the isolation of disabled people and the forms of integration which are the means to overcome this isolation. With the help of legal acts and other resources, the necessity of the integration of disabled people and its forms are shown, stressing the importance of medical rehabilitation, financial compensation and, more importantly, social integration. Also, the ethical aspects of integration as a social problem are analysed in this work. The main defaults of organizing the social politics of disabled people in Lithuania are shown, the legal possibilities of integration are pointed out, the cause of insufficient protection of disabled people from discrimination and implementation of the means of equal rights and opportunities are analysed. Lastly, the forms of legal integration of disabled people are analysed. First of all, it is done on a theoretical level with the help of legal acts, their application and implementation. Then, in the practical level, the efficiency of legal integration is summarized. The organization of social politics of disabled people in Lithuania is analysed, singling out the implementation of legal regulation of integration and its defaults. Furthermore, the development of the social integration of disabled people in the European Union is presented, based on international law acts and literature. The comparative analysis method is used in an aim to define the similarities and differences of administrative institutions in the Republic of Lithuania and the European Union, implementing the politics of social integration of disabled people and to show what could be improved in Lithuania, taking in account the experience of the European Union.