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Integrating the Disabled: Reports from Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

  • Date
  • December 9, 2003

People with disabilities are one of the groups most neglected by governments in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The following articles are a series commissioned and published by Transitions Online (TOL) and the Mental Health Initiative, a part of the Open Society Institute's Public Health Program. Each article addresses the situation in an individual country or region in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, focusing on emerging trends in alternative services and ongoing challenges for the social inclusion of people with mental disabilities.

The seven articles focus on Central Asia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, and Russia.

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