It was published and circulated for over 100 years. In 1992, it was re-established by the Moscow branch of the All Russia Society of the Disabled people. Some families are affected by having children who are born with spina bifida, cerebral palsy or mental retardation. Other families confront problems when someone suffers brain injury in an accident, spinal cord injury or amputation of a limb. For others, the meaning of disability becomes clear when aging parents have a stroke or severe heart attack.
Many cases require medical service and rehabilitation.
Within Russia, advances have been made in the past four decades in the medical emergency system, surgical techniques and pharmacological investigation. As a result, the lives of many children and adults who would have died as a result of their congenital anomalies, injuries, or diseases, live on with disabilities. The integration of these individuals into societal activities has been a result of improved rehabilitation service, which has not only involved medical assistance, but also relates to social rehabilitation, vocational and educational training and legislation. We have to recognize that at the present time in Russia, there already exists medical, vocational and social rehabilitation programs. Most of them are available for people with disabilities.