Dr Stanisława Byra is associate professor at the Institute of Pedagogy at the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland. Her research focuses on psychosocial functioning of people with physical disabilities, especially in the context quality of life. She complement her leading research interests with involvement in research projects on the functioning of students with special educational needs, attitudes toward disability, people with disabilities, inclusive education, and support for students with diverse educational needs.Prof Dr Zenon Gajdzica, special educator, is full professor and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. Since 2015, he is a member of the Committee on Pedagogical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences. His main areas of research are inclusive education, transformations of special education, education and socialization of people with intellectual disabilities, social research methodology.