In Slovenia, the legal right of persons with disabilities to personal assistance has only been in force since 2019, when the Personal Assistance Act (PAA) was implemented in practice. The main purpose of the thesis was to prepare a kind of guide to personal assistance and related procedures. Using the descriptive method, we explained the concepts associated with handicapped persons and personal assistance, presented different arrangements on this topic in some European countries using the comparative method and examined the legislative framework and procedures under the PAA using the normative method. In the research part of the paper, we processed the collected data using quantitative analysis and confirmed the set hypotheses by interviewing users. The research showed that the PAA has certainly brought significantly better conditions for independent living for persons with disabilities and that the procedure for obtaining the right is prescribed in a simple and transparent way, but in practice there are occasional delays at individual stages of the procedure. According to users, the assessment tool requires some adjustmnent and the area of long-term care regulated accordingly. The thesis gathers information for potential users or their families, for officials working in this field and for other readers interested in this topic. At the same time, we provide the opinions and experiences of users in order to make certain corrections to improve the functioning of personal assistance services. However, the task also makes an important contribution to raising awareness among students and the general public about people with disabilities and the importance of positive discrimination.
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