%0 Journal Article
%T The complex disability – an attempt to analyze the problem
%A Marcinkowska, Barbara
%J Disability
%V 2016
%N Issue 21 (2016)
%P 9-19
%K coupled disability, complex, multidimensional disability, specific and common characteristics definition of coupled disability, coupled disability categorization
%@ 2080-9476
%D 2016
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/niepelnosprawnosc/article/sprzezona-niepelnosprawnosc-proba-analizy-fenomenu
%X 
	The article attempts to analyze the phenomenon of coupled disability in two dimensions: theoretical and practical. It took into account the present state, its causes and suggestions for certain activities in order to implement changes. Presented analysis results of the current state showed, among other things: the diversity of terms (including coupled disability, complex, multiple, diversified, additional, accompanying, double, combined) and definitions (using one common component, i.e. The coexistence of at least two types of disabilities), which are not just the result of interest in the phenomenon of specialists in various fields, but mainly due to its diversity.