[Patient education and counseling responsibilities of an organization for handicapped patients in the field of rehabilitation].

Organizations of the disabled do not see their information and counselling activities as competing against those of the financially responsible administrations but as complementary ones. Crucial to their work are the provision of guidance through the structured social protection system, familiarization of disabled persons with rehabilitation as well as their motivation and support, with the aim of rendering the disabled individual an equal partner in the process of rehabilitation. The area of social rehabilitation is a major focus in the counselling of disabled people. As specific institutional responsibilities for social rehabilitation do not exist, information and counselling activities in these matters are also directed at administrations and industry.