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A spectrum of human abilities, which people use to communicate and socially interact with others, is narrow enough (Table 1). Moreover, even basic human abilities (sensory-motor or/and cognitive) can be lost due to an accident or an illness. Nevertheless, the key issue is not how many different tools are needed to solve a specific problem but whether a person desires to be socially included [1, 2, 4, 7, 12, 14]. Social inclusion aims to reduce inequality between the least advantaged groups and communities and the rest of society. Nevertheless, the inclusion cannot be achieved when a target group or an individual person has a lack of skills to meet social challenges and opportunities.
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Evreinov, G. (2008). Skills vs. Abilities. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5105. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_173
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