Exploring the Impact of Information Technology on the Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities in the Digital Age

Resumo

In the era of globalization changes of the third millennium, socialization of people with disabilities is a sign of democratic development of the state, which is especially relevant in the period of rapid spread of information technologies. The aim was to study the effectiveness of the application of Internet technologies to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities by analysing the components of this direction. The dynamics of reforming the sphere in the time aspect was considered, and also, using the statistical method, the performance indicators of the studied problem were determined. The state support of the most vulnerable and unprotected representatives of the population in the XXI century is one of the fundamental factors of the successful development of the country under the scenario of becoming a democratic and legal subject of international relations. Approaches and methods to socialization of people with disabilities differ from region to region, but almost all of them include elements of information and communication technologies. The Republic of Kazakhstan has developed and operates a quite modern and flexible system of social protection for the population with special developmental needs; at the same time, there are many unresolved problems and complex aspects in this area, in particular, in the sphere of information support for this category of population. An important factor in Kazakhstan’s policy of supporting such categories of people is the understanding of the problem and the desire of the leadership to use the best international practices to implement positive experience in the national context. Comparing the activities of Kazakhstan and Japan, it can be said that Tokyo, as the capital of an advanced technological country, in this direction is in a much more favourable position, as strategies for the protection of people with disabilities have been developed there for many decades, their effectiveness, and efficiency have been confirmed by years of practice. The results and conclusions of the work can be used as a practical basis, in addition, for the development of new state strategies to support people with disabilities.