[Rehabilitation through social communities (author's transl)]

The author is of the opinion that rehabilitation is characterised rather by stimatisation and isolation than by overall measures persuring the aim of partnership and community organisation. As a rule, the severely handicapped set an example of a social community through their own life performance. In their social community marginal groups are unknown unless the individual considers himself and his family outsiders or marginal group, and favours this situation A desirable goal, however, is that joint efforts be made on the part of all members of the community and that these efforts be based on partnership. A means to reach this goal is through the creation of local citizen groups as co-ordinating bodies of neighbourhood self-help groups, if possible, in all local districts. The author gives some examples on how this can be realised.