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Despite the scepticism about the concrete legal protection of children with disabilities in Russia, this article shows that there is a rise to prominence in thinking about their rights. However, it makes also clear that it will be a long time before the government fully implements the measures called for in the laws and regulations.
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An exception is the city council of St. Petersburg, located in the Marininsky palace which was built for Emperor Nicholas I, whose daughter, the princess Maria, was disabled and used a wheelchair.
Including the Bolshoi Theater, the Pushkin Fine Arts Museum in Moscow, the Russian Museum, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
The metro station is close to a school for disabled children.
In conjunction with local disabled people’s organizations through the Achievement Foundation.
For example, Novgorod-the-Great (joint project between the Novgorod Society of Disabled People and the non-profit organization Perspektiva), Ulan-Ude (project between the Foundation for the Builders of Housing for Disabled People), and Tver (project of Taniusha, an NGO of disabled people).
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For example, school N34 in St. Petersburg.
The question still to be solved is what happens when the children reach the age of 18.
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Lauwers, G. (2003). The Rights of Children with Special Needs in the Russian Federation. In: De Groof, J., Lauwers, G. (eds) Special Education. Yearbook of the European Association for Education Law and Policy, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3050-1_6
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