PERSONS’ EIBLISM WITH HEARING DISORDERS AND ITS OVERCOMING IN SOCIETY

Abstract

The problem of discrimination is relevant for Ukrainian society. According to the results of the study “Human Rights in Ukraine”, conducted by the Democratic Initiatives Foundation. Ilka Kucheriva and the Ukrainian Sociological Service (commissioned by the UN Development Program in Ukraine) state that only a quarter of the population of Ukraine takes it seriously. Based on the analysis of legal documents, scientific literature, we formulate the term “discrimination” as a situation in which a person / people on various grounds (race, skin color, political, religious and other beliefs, disability, etc.) is / are restricted in recognition, realization or use of their rights and freedoms. Discrimination based on disability is defined as eiblism, which characterizes a person by focusing only on his or her disabilities and puts his or her needs to the background in comparison with other people. The author’s experience in teaching and raising a child with hearing disability is described. Ways to ensure the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by people with disabilities, ways to overcome the eiblism of people with hearing disabilities in society are proposed.