Integrating Students with Disabilities at the “Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy of Sibiu

Abstract

Abstract In 2010 Romania ratified the provisions stipulated in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Various studies have highlighted the lack of opportunities, in almost all the domains of social life, for those that struggle with physical or cognitive disabilities, despite the fact that with adjustments, which sometimes require minor investments or just a change of mentality, they could become valuable resources for society. Our paper focuses on the manner in which the education of the students with disabilities can be facilitated at the “Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy. Even though at present, in Romania, the military recruitment criteria do not permit the admission of students with disabilities for various reasons of security, numerous modalities can be found to integrate and to employ them, especially due to the endowment of the Academy and to the rapid advancement of technology.