[Rehabilitation - results since 1969 and prospects for the future (author's transl)]

The article reviews the rehabilitation legislation in the Federal Republic of Germany since the social-liberal coalition took office in 1969. It shows that for the first time legislation attempts have been made to realise a uniform socio-political concept for the disabled in which rehabilitation is considered an important and independent socio-political task. With the gradual improvement of the legislative provisions the aim has been to try to remove the negative effects brought about by structural weaknesses of a historically developed social security system for the disabled,--especially the unequal treatment of the disabled, varying according to the origin of the disability, and the disadvantages brought about by the organisational and legislative disunion of rehabilitation services. At the same time, the article makes clear that more reforms are necessary in the future, e.g., a further standardisation of rehabilitation services, the elimination of architectural barriers, reform of the benefit system, improvement of the social security for people in need of care and the guaranty of a regular income for those disabled from birth or childhood.