THE 135TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE G.A. ALBRECHT FEDERAL SCIENTIFIC CENTRE OF REHABILITATION OF THE DISABLED, MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL PROTECTION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: MAIN DIRECTIONS OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE CENTRE OF REHABILITATION AND ABILITATION OF THE DISABLED

In the article devoted to the 135th anniversary of the G.A. Albrecht Federal Scientific Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled of The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation it is said about the main directions of the activity of the Institute of Rehabilitation and Abilitation of the Disabled. The Centre made a significant contribution to the formation and development of the foundations of medical and labour, and later medical and social expertise, social and labour, professional and social rehabilitation. The researches of the physiological functions of the disabled in the process of their work conditions were holding during many years in the Institute. The scientific potential of the centre in modern conditions consists of the development of two institutions that are part of the centre: the Institute of Rehabilitation and Abilitation and the Institute of Prosthetics and Orthotics. The researches currently are related to the implementation of the rights of the disabled and monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Disabled (UN, 2006), the creation of organizational and legal mechanisms for the functioning of the rehabilitation system for disabled in the Russian Federation, the creation of an early assistance system, the development of methodological foundations for the creation of an accessible environment for life of the disabled.

G.A. Albrecht Federal Scientific Centre of Rehabilitation of the Disabled, Institute of the expertise of labour of the disabled, rehabilitation of the disabled, abilitation of the disabled