Assessment of the Social Environmental Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities (On the Example of the Republic of Mordovia)

Abstract

the article presents the results of the author’s sociological research aimed at an objective assessment of the accessibility of the social environment and identification of problems of persons with disabilities related to the accessibility of the environment in the Republic of Mordovia. The authors also offer a number of recommendations for improving the development of the practice of providing an accessible environment based on the comments of people with disabilities in the region.