[Concerning the motivation of working in disabled persons (author's transl)]

The content of this study is concerned with the motivating of the sense of working in disabled workers. Research results are reported. The relevance of this problem becomes evident, if it is noticed, that the part of severely disabled and walking disabled in the German Democratic Republic (research outcomes are reported for this country) is stated to be 5 - 8% of the total population. As other research findings show and as is confirmed here, especially persons who lack work and demand need recreation. Work is healthy and a personality forming factor, which therefore can not be reduced to the mere economic aspects of securing livelihood. For disabled persons the appropriate possibilities of activity in order to reach the intended aim, that is the fulfillment of needs in working, are available in an only limited range, compared to healthy people. In the special living situation of a disabled person, which is a situation of shortage regarding work, the loss of vocational activity and with it the need for working is felt deeply.