Increasing survival rates in severe illnesses and traumatic injuries have led to an increase in the number of disabled people of working age or younger. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are about 650 million people with disabilities world-wide. Education is one of the factors that can help them overcome their own limitations. According to the Polish Government Plenipo-tentiary for Disabled People, in 2009 only 5.9% of disabled Poles had a degree, and only 21.4% were employed, which reflects the mar-ginalization of the disabled from the rest of Polish society. Distance learning may offer hope for breakthroughs in the area of edu-cation for people with disabilities. This article aims at investigating the extent to which the available opportunities are being ex-ploited, including e-learning as a part of the concept of the disabled person’s integrated IT environment.

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