Quality of life is closely linked to social inclusion. Trbanc (1996) points out that individual control over personal, interpersonal, economic, and social integration is crucial for meeting needs in areas that affect quality of life. Poor control over these resources negatively impacts the individual's quality of life and makes it more difficult to meet their personal needs. In Slovenia, various measures and social programmes are being implemented to improve the lives of vulnerable groups, including people with disabilities. One such example are social inclusion programmes, aiming to develop and maintain social and work skills of individuals, while encouraging and facilitating their reintegration into the social environment.
The theoretical part of the thesis presents the concept of quality of life from the perspective of various authors. Part of the thesis is devoted to the concept of social exclusion and its impact on vulnerable groups of the population. I paid special attention to people with disabilities as one of the vulnerable groups. I presented the official documents of the Slovenian legislation in the field of social inclusion, which promote the social inclusion of disabled people, and I described the functioning and objectives of the social inclusion programme. Through qualitative analysis, I aimed to provide a holistic picture of the quality of life of individuals with experience in social inclusion programmes and to investigate whether and how the quality of life of persons with disabilities has changed in the period following the interruption of their inclusion. I wanted to identify areas where the quality of life of the individuals involved needed improvement. In the empirical part, I conducted a qualitative analysis of nine cases to explore what social inclusion means to the interviewees, what involvement in social inclusion programmes means to them, and how these programmes affect the quality of life of the individuals involved.
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