Instruments supporting selfemployment

The article presents the instruments supporting employment of people with disabilities that exist in the Polish system of vocational rehabilitation. Polish labour market of people with disabilities is a difficult one. It is characterised by a small increase in the number of employed people, and rapid growth of the unemployed. According to statistics, nationwide unemployment among people with disabilities is higher than among the non-disabled, and, what is alarming, the structure of education of the disabled does not meet the expectations of the Polish labour market. In response to these trends the relevant state authorities take action to enhance economic activity, including encouraging entrepreneurship