Until the early of nineties there was no supporting system for autistic children, youths and adults in Poland; there was no diagnostic and counselling centers, educational institutions and parents' supporting. Thanks to the desperation and efforts of parents and professionals social and educational support service for children and youths was constituted and now the beneficiaries of it have already faced adulthood and experiences connected with this period of life. Therefore a new challenges and questions arise: where and how to support adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders? What is the way adult autistic people function and why it is so difficult for them to function within institutions for people with intellectual disabilities? Does supporting system for people with intellectual disabilities satisfy needs of adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders? Should separate facility for people with autism be constituted or should one follow and search for the opportunities in the existing network of support?In the text the authors analyze the existing support system for adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders, seek answers to these questions and thereby outline the current situation of adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders living in Poland.S³owa kluczowe: dorooeli z autystycznym spektrum zaburzeñ, wsparcie w doros³ooeci, system spo³ecznego wsparcia.Key words: adults with autism spectrum disorder, support in adulthood, social support system Wprowadzenie Do pocz¹tku lat 90. XX w. nie istnia³ w Polsce ¿aden system wsparcia dzieci, m³odzie¿y i doros³ych z autyzmem. Brakowa³o poradni diagnozuj¹cych, placó-wek edukacyjnych, systemu wsparcia dla rodziców. Zdesperowani rodzice poszukuj¹cy mo¿liwooeci edukacyjnych dla swoich dzieci powo³ali do ¿ycia trzy organizacje pozarz¹dowe, które, mo¿na by rzec, sta³y siê prekursorami zmiany

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Warsztat Terapii Zajêciowej w dooewiadczeniach doros³ych osób z g³êbsz¹ niepe³nosprawnooeci¹ intelektualn¹ Artyku³ porusza tematykê wsparcia w doros³ooeci osób z g³êbsz¹ niepe³nosprawnooeci¹ intelektualn¹ w ich w³asnej perspektywie. W artykule zosta³y "ods³oniête" i zinterpretowane znaczenia nadawane, przez osoby badane, Warsztatowi Terapii Zajêciowej jako istotnemu miejscu ich wsparcia. S³owa kluczowe: niepe³nosprawnooeae intelektualna, doros³ooeae, wsparcie Occupational Therapy Workshop in the experiences of adults with moderate and severe intellectual disability The article is devoted to the support for adults with moderate and severe intellectual disabilities in their own perspective. The presented text aims to illustrate the revealed and interpreted meanings participants ascribe to the occupational therapy workshop as the very important place to receive support.

O mo¿liwooeciach i ograniczeniach wsparcia w doros³ooeci osób z g³êbsz¹ niepe³nosprawnooeci¹ intelektualn¹. Refleksje na temat budowania lokalnego systemu wsparcia doros³ych osób z niepe³nosprawnooeci¹ w Gdañsku On possibilities and limitations in support of adult people with moderate and severe intellectual disabilities. Reflexions on the local support system for adults with disabilities in Gdañsk Adulthood of people with moderate and severe intellectual disability requires a special support in many spheres and in various environments. The adulthood appears not only the result of the condition of a particular person with intellectual disability, but also is a derivative of some offers dedicated for people with disabilities. The article aims to present some local proposals/offers for people with intellectual disabilities, particularly connected with establishing some more adequate/accurate support system network for this group of people. S³owa kluczowe: doros³ooeae, niepe³nosprawnooeae intelektualna, system wsparcia, lokalne rozwi¹zania Keywords: adulthood, intellectual disability, local support system and its offe Wprowadzenie Doros³ooeae osób z g³êbsz¹ niepe³nosprawnooeci¹ intelektualn¹ wymaga niew¹t-pliwie wsparcia w wielu zakresach i w ró¿nych oerodowiskach ¿ycia. To jaka ona jest bywa nie tylko wynikiem samych mo¿liwooeci osoby niepe³nosprawnej intelektualnie, ale równie¿ rozwi¹zañ adresowanych do tej grupy osób. Artyku³ pokazuje pewne lokalne rozwi¹zania dedykowane osobom z niepe³nosprawnooeci¹ intelektualn¹ zwi¹zane z budowaniem/"uzdrowieniem" pewnego systemu wsparcia tej grupy osób.

Byae poet¹" z niepe³nosprawnooeci¹ intelektualn¹. Próba ods³oniêcia znaczeñ nadawanych w³asnej twórczooeci poetyckiej przez osobê z niepe³nosprawnooeci¹ intelektualn¹ w stopniu lekkim Wspó³czeoenie twórczooeae osób z niepe³nosprawnooeci¹ intelektualn¹ doczeka³a siê zainteresowania pedagogiki specjalnej i najczêoeciej jest ona rozpatrywana w kategoriach terapeutycznych. Rzadko jednak w publikacjach podejmowane s¹ w¹tki dotycz¹ce w³asnej twórczooeci poetyckiej tych osób. Podmiotem moich badañ uczyni³am osobê z niepe³nosprawnooeci¹ intelektualn¹ w stopniu lekkim, funkcjonuj¹c¹ we w³asnym oerodowisku jako "poeta". Tekst jest prób¹ ods³oniêcia znaczeñ (osadzonych w konkretnym biograficznym kontekoecie) przypisywanych przez badanego w³asnej twórczooeci poetyckiej.S³owa kluczowe : niepe³nosprawnooeae intelektualna, twórczooeae, biografia, poeta "Being e poet". Approaching the meanings ascribed to own poetic creativity by a person with mild intellectual disability Creativity of people with intellectual disabilities eventually has found interest within special education, yet mostly it perpetually remains a therapeutic category. One still rarely finds poetic creativity of people with intellectual disabilities a research topic and publications issue. The idea of a presented text is to show a man with intellectual disability, who is recognized in his surrounding society as a "poet". The article aims to show his own meanings ( referred to some particular biographical context) ascribed to poetic creativity.