2025/1 | Participation and justice. The impact of post-socialism, market economy and ableism on the social participation of people with disabilities

Contributing to disability studies in the post-socialist context (Mladenov, 2015, 2016), this paper explores the social injustices generated by the ableist environment. We were interested in seeing how the theory of social justice by Nancy Fraser, a philosopher and critical theorist, can be understood from the triple perspective of post-socialist legacy, neoliberal market economy, and... Read more
DOI: 10.31287/FT.hu.2025.14

2025/1 | “She nicknames her illness as sclera and herself as crip” – depiction of disability on the 24.hu online news media platform

While the representation of persons with disabilities in society is typically reflected in their appearance in the media, the media also reacts to reality, creating common language and perceptions. In the framework of the TARKI research entitled Changing and New Mechanisms of Exclusion of People with Disabilities, we examined articles published over a three-year period... Read more
DOI: 10.31287/FT.hu.2025.12

2024/2 | Is knowledge power? Formal, non-formal and informal learning in the careers of entrepreneurs with disabilities.

The entrepreneurial competencies of entrepreneurs with disabilities can be categorized and described according to many aspects.These typically cover personal competences and competences necessary for the operation of the business, which are the result of formal, non-formal and informal learning processes. Based on interviews with 29 entrepreneurs with disabilities, in our research we found that successful... Read more
DOI: 10.31287/FT.hu.2024.2.6

2021/2 | Career Paths: Work Opportunities for Persons with Visual Impairment

The inclusion of persons with disabilities, and among them, persons with visual impairment in the labour market has been of increasing importance on the international and Hungarian employment agendas for decades. Various support services, including career guidance and labour market services, have proved to facilitate successful inclusion strongly. In this paper, we present the first... Read more
DOI: 10.31287/FT.en.2021.2.5

2020/2 | Entrepreneurs with Disabilities in Hungary: A New Solution for Work Inclusion?

Our paper examines the motivations of persons with disabilities for establishing a business venture as a possible solution to unemployment and to challenges experienced in the labour market. By highlighting the results of an exploratory qualitative research project, with a sample group of ten Hungarian entrepreneurs living with sight loss and physical disabilities, we wish... Read more
DOI: 10.31287/FT.en.2020.2.12