Features of professional self-determination of adolescents with disabilities

Mazurova Nadezhda, Sabirova Elvina

This article presents the results of a study of the motives for choosing a profession by adolescents with disabilities. The sample consisted of 60 students in grades 9-10: 30 normally developing adolescents and 30 hearing impaired adolescents with normal intelligence. The authors analyzed the type of professional orientation, personality traits associated with the choice of a profession, the characteristics of the motivational-need-related sphere and the motives for choosing a profession. It was shown that the professional orientation of modern adolescents with hearing impairments is not associated with disabilities, but is determined by such values as "prestige", "money", "career growth". The needs for recognition and self-actualization of these adolescents are not being met.

Keywords:professional choice, self-determination, adolescents with disabilities.