**Part 1**

**Learning Disabilities**

**1** 

*Greece* 

**Language Disabilities:** 

George S. Mouzakitis

*Educational Organization e-DEKA* 

**Myths and Misconceptions vs. Reality** 

It is strongly supported that the involvement with the persons who encounter various problems due to certain disabilities in no way can be claimed to be a philanthropic pursuit nor to be limited only to this form of support. It is true that a support based on volunteering work includes organization of social gatherings for disabled persons in order to strengthen their belief in their capacity for work, their ability to behave independently, to be included in the workforce of their country and enjoy the recognition of their environment as concerns

Evidently, the measures which should be taken by official state services in the line with the expressed support of ordinary people not only will contribute to the relief of persons in need, but, also, will support national efforts to meet the crucial situation as a result of the

The Employment and Social Affairs Directory of EU, in a survey on disability matters (2007) identified that the 74% of the EU27 population thinks that more people with disabilities are needed in the work place. The crucial point of the employment indicators, and the involvement of persons with disabilities in the labour market is the disputable figures of

A survey has been, also, conducted by my research team almost two years ago,for this study among a randomly selected sample of 138 persons concisted of 70 males and 68 females aged between 25 to 37 years old employeed in small and medium enterprises (SME) .The problem statement was:*" It is claimed that more people with disabilities are required in our today's labour market. Do you agree?"* Please tick one of the following five options .The

Consequently, it is very promising that an increasing interest in recruiting persons with disabilities to the workforse will be an effective treatment of these persons who constitute the "major minority" as it will be proved in the following pages of this paper. Besides, there are plenty of jobs ranging from laborers, gardeners and upholsterers through auxiliary services to unskilled workers. It is clear that to achieve these goals, persons with disabilities are required to attend tailor-made training courses supplied by specific schools with the use of educational tools adapted to meet the learning requirements of these individuals. From

**1. Introduction** 

prevalence

the positive traits of their character (Pato,B.,2010)

responses are shown in the following table 1.

economic crisis almost worldwide.
