Szkolnictwo i kształcenie specjalne w Polsce. W perspektywie setnej rocznicy odzyskania niepodległości

The article is an attempt to depict the genesis, situation and directions of the development of special education for children during the Interwar Period. The author attempts to characterise the situation of education for: the morally neglected (socially unfit), the mentally handicapped (intellectually disabled), the blind and deaf (deaf). The text includes aspects of education policy, the topic of teacher meetings, normative acts, the activities of people who have contributed to special education and others.