Of course, physical and psychosocial treatment is supplied as an integral part of the vocational training. Rates of unemployment are regrettably high in the Netherlands. Social rehabilitation and integration . In the realm of social integration the role of lay organizations, such as associations for people with a particular disease or handicap, is becoming more and more important. These associations offer information to patients, parents, schools, employers and the public in general, and often provide networks of social support.
Some patient organizations are quite successful as political pressure-groups.
Basic issues in the process of social integration are autonomy and independence, mobility, accessibility of public buildings, means of transport and communication facilities, and opportunities for leisure activities and holidays. A European strategy . Thc Netherlands arc a part of the European Community. Spain Sweden arid Switzerland. There is still a long way to go and surely the process is going on often too slowly, but the forces to join hands in giving disabled young people the place in society they re entitled to, can never be stopped.