| Summary: | The thesis is focused on following psychosocial problems within the process of gaining independence in adolescents with physical disability, the main focus being the shift in relationship towards parents after the adolescent begins his/her weekly stays in a boarding house. The aim is to show that this separation from family facilitates the process of gaining independence of the adolescent and supports his/her participation in and identification with his/her peer-group. The thesis is based on defining fundamental terms as autonomy, adolescent, family with emphasis on describing the specifics of adolescents with physical disability. It also informs about the basic protective legislation, statistical data and services offered by Jedlička's istitute. The theoretical base is supported by the results of a qualitative research - analysis of interviews with adolescents and their parents, which show how these two groups perceive the period of emancipation, how they describe its course, its consequences on family and peer relationships, how it influences their life goals and views of future.
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