Personalna asistencija kao preduslov zapošljavanja i radnog angažovanja osoba sa invaliditetom

The quality of life of persons with disabilities largely depends on their employment. With successful employment, people with a disabilitis can achieve their personal and professional goals and becomes an active member of society. Personal assistance is an important form of non-institutional support for persons with disabilities in the work process. Its essence is that the focus of attention is on the user himself and his needs. Personal assistance enables people with disabilities to join social activities and meet their personal, professional and social needs. It is actually the embodiment of the philosophy of independent living, the principles of which are: the possibility of choice, independence in decision-making, control over the work of assistants, responsibility and the right to make mistakes. In addition to the legal and by-law regulations in the Republic of Serbia, which are important for the application of personal assistance. Its application in Niš paper will be also indicated in the paper. Also, some proposals for the reform of legal and sub-legal regulations and by-laws, in order to improve the implementation of this form of non-institutional support for persons with disabilities will be analyzed and discussed.