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Alvydas Juocevičius

Alvydas Juocevičius. THINK Baltic Extension proje c t coordinator in Lithuania. Tomas Sinevi čius. Coordinator asisstant. Our partners:. General partners :. Local partners:. Society of disabled of Lithuania. Rehabilitation centre Valakupiai. Vilnius University Hospital

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Alvydas Juocevičius

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  1. Alvydas Juocevičius THINK Baltic Extension project coordinator in Lithuania Tomas Sinevičius Coordinator asisstant TELEBALT, Vilnius

  2. Our partners: General partners: Local partners: Society of disabled of Lithuania Rehabilitation centre Valakupiai Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu klinikos Vilnius department of association of people with spinal cord injury Association of blind and people with vision disability TELEBALT, Vilnius

  3. Statistics and data • 205890 persons with disabilities; • 177327 - of them are receiving social Insurance disability pensions; • 13857 - children under 16 years; • 14706 - individuals disabled since childhood (16 years of age and older); TELEBALT, Vilnius

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  5. Grouping of disabled according to age in 2000 Our analysis shows that most of the disabled people are of employable age – they can be potential participants of the project, they can study, master and effectively use modern technologies. TELEBALT, Vilnius

  6. Special group of disabled is patient with spinal cord injury and for them new technologies would be good alternative. • Every year new cases of spinal cord injuries patient reaches 120-150 and the average of this handicapped persons is 28 years. TELEBALT, Vilnius

  7. Before the trauma they were: TELEBALT, Vilnius

  8. SCI patients distribution by level of injury TELEBALT, Vilnius

  9. Distribution of SCI by gender TELEBALT, Vilnius

  10. Physical capacity of SCI patients TELEBALT, Vilnius

  11. Functional independece test Value Period TELEBALT, Vilnius

  12. Needs for social rehabilitation change during the rehabilitation process. At the beginning of rehabilitation it plays less important role and medical rehabilitation predominates. Later on, this relation changes. Social Psychological Medical TELEBALT, Vilnius

  13. Rehabilitation system established in Lithuania during 10 years allows implementing complex rehabilitation. • Medical and psychological rehabilitation has improved greatly meanwhile the social rehabilitation system is not developed well enough. TELEBALT, Vilnius

  14. Unemployment • Unemployment in the country is decreasing for the fifth month in a row. It started to decrease in February and until the end of May it decreased by 1.8 percent points. In May unemployment rate in Lithuania decreased by 0.7 percent points and on June 1, it made 11.1 percent of labour force. TELEBALT, Vilnius

  15. Returning to work *- data of VU Physical medicine and rehabilitation centre TELEBALT, Vilnius

  16. Internet users • Recent study claimed that in Lithuania Information Technologies developed last few years. • The percentage value of users in 2001 year was 17.7% of all population and this amount is still growing up. TELEBALT, Vilnius

  17. It was good possibility to start develop new model for the inclusion of handicapped persons in the labour market when TELEMAN from Portugal and OPEN LATVIA invited partner from Lithuania to take part in THINK Baltic project. TELEBALT, Vilnius

  18. While seeking for better results, it is necessary to develop social (and especially professional) rehabilitation, which requires big investment. The THINK project is one of the likely ways of dealing with this problem. TELEBALT, Vilnius

  19. Advantages of the project: • this model requires less financial resources; • an employer does not have to equip a special working place - the living places of the disabled could be adapted for the working needs. The disabled should buy some of the telecommunication equipment themselves; TELEBALT, Vilnius

  20. As shows our Portugal coordinators 94 % of customers are satisfacted of quality performed by teleworkers-disabled persons. Teleworkes average income is 2-5 minimal wages. TELEBALT, Vilnius

  21. Results of preliminary studies have shown that THINK Baltic extension project may be successfully implemented in Lithuania, because: • the medical rehabilitation system is effective enough; • disabled are of employable age; • interest in the project of potential employers has been observed; • all the technical, telecommunication and software equipment, needed for implementation of the project, is quite easily accessible; TELEBALT, Vilnius

  22. Thank you for your attention TELEBALT, Vilnius

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