Psychopedagogical determinants of special education and rehabilitation of individuals with coupled multiple disabilities

Abstract

This paper discusses current interpretative differences between such terms as: coupled, complex, multidimensional, and multiple disabilities. The analyses of these terms and what they connote are also presented in the light of the concepts of human disability proposed by the World Health Organization from 1980 and 2001. Moreover, based on the presented analyses, the possible interpretations of the selected terms are discussed in relation to the required educational and rehabilitative needs of individuals with particular types of disabilities.