Lifelong support for people with moderate, severe and profo und intellectual disabilities and their parents. (An example from the Polish Association for Persons with Mentol Handicap - the branch in Gdańsk)

The article points out the necessity of a lifelong support for people with moderate, severe and profound intellectual disability and their parents. The first part of the article is a theoretical approach to highlight and argument the importance of a support. The second part is a presentation of the Polish Association for Persons with Mental Handicap– the branch in Gdañsk whose institutions and long- term programs serve as an important tool to prove lifelong support is possible.

The article points out the necessity of a lifelong support for people with moderate, severe and profound intellectual disability and their parents. The first part of the article is a theoretical approach to highlight and argument the importance of a support. The second part is a presentation of the Polish Association for Persons with Mental Handicap– the branch in Gdañsk whose institutions and long- term programs serve as an important tool to prove lifelong support is possible.