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Participation as a citizen, that is, engaging in social, political, and
governmental life, has been rarely seen as an important domain when studying
social participation of disabled persons. The purpose of this study was to depict
the participation in community and political life of persons with severe or
multiple disabilities and to determine which individual and social factors were
associated with their participation. Altogether, 818 persons, who had
participated in rehabilitation for persons with severe disabilities, answered the
questionnaire survey. They reported how actively they participated in
associations, local congregations, political parties, or public elections. Active
participation in community and political life was strongly connected to
participation in work, social, and leisure activities, as well as to the use of
computers. According to stepwise multiple logistic regression analysis, the
strongest predictors for active participation in community and political life
were age of disablement, the individual's present age, self-rated income,
self-rated quality of life, use of assistive devices, and the ability to
communicate.

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