Usamodzielnienie niepełnosprawnych intelektualnie wychowanków specjalnych ośrodków wychowawczych

The article discusses how students of special educational centres are empowered to enter adulthood. The transition from adolescence to adulthood is difficult for many young people. People with intellectual disabilities may face barriers in achieving their independence. The situation of students of special educational centres is particularly problematic. It involves a difficult family situation, experience of neglect, abandonment, and indifference. What accompanies such young people in the process of becoming independent is oftentimes a sense of loneliness and anxiety connected with leaving the institution and taking up an independent life.