This paper describes how, over a twelve month period, parents of children with disabilities used and were impacted by an Internet-based information and support project. 89 urban and rural families were recruited, half of whom served as a comparison. The paper summarises the work carried out in the project since it began in July 1998 and provides an overview of the progress made in defining the needs of professional care workers for such support. This paper discusses the results of an investigation among a sample of Italian blind users of the distribution service of the accessible electronic version of the Turin's daily newspaper La Stampa, realized within a project supported by the Ministry of University and Scientific and Technological Research.
Implementation depends on organisational, financial and legal aspects.
It is possible to change the present system of assistance now. For this purpose it is necessary to create a uniform information environment for and about disabled people. This system should unite organisations working with disabled people in regions and enable communications between them. An information network to activate existing resources, reduce expenses and free specialists for individual work. Russia has one of the highest social budgets in the world as a percentage of incomes.