{"id":8427,"date":"2026-06-17T11:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T09:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-publications&#038;p=8427"},"modified":"2026-06-18T18:39:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:39:50","slug":"social-cohesion-experiences-and-expectations-of-people-with-disabilities-regarding-participation","status":"publish","type":"hbi-publications","link":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/social-cohesion-people-with-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Cohesion &#8211; Experiences and Expectations of People with Disabilities Regarding Participation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On behalf of Aktion Mensch, <a href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/employee\/jan-hinrik-schmidt\/\">PD Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt<\/a> and Milena Braun of the Hamburg Section of the <a href=\"https:\/\/fgz-risc.de\/en\/index\/\">Research Institute Social Cohesion<\/a> examined how people with disabilities assess social cohesion in Germany. When compared with a similar survey of the general population, the findings indicate a weaker sense of belonging among people with disabilities. People with disabilities also view the current state of democracy in Germany more critically. However, overall, they have greater trust in our society\u2019s institutions and are more likely than the general population to engage in all forms of political and volunteer work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8404 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cover-Studie-Aktion-Mensch-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of the study \u201cSocial Cohesion\u201d by Aktion Mensch\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cover-Studie-Aktion-Mensch-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cover-Studie-Aktion-Mensch-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cover-Studie-Aktion-Mensch.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The study is <a href=\"https:\/\/delivery-aktion-mensch.stylelabs.cloud\/api\/public\/content\/aktion-mensch-studie-gesellschaftlicher-zusammenhalt.pdf?v=41f7cc5a\">available free of charge in German through Aktion Mensch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Schmidt, Jan-Hinrik; Braun, Milena: \u201e<span lang=\"de\">Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt \u2013 Teilhabeerfahrungen und Teilhabeerwartungen von Menschen mit Beeintr\u00e4chtigung<\/span>\u201c [Social Cohesion\u2014Experiences and Expectations of Participation Among People with Disabilities]. <em>Aktion Mensch.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aktion-mensch.de\/inklusion\/studien\/studie-gesellschaftlicher-zusammenhalt\">https:\/\/www.aktion-mensch.de\/inklusion\/studien\/studie-gesellschaftlicher-zusammenhalt<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2579,"template":"","tags":[398,400],"class_list":["post-8427","hbi-publications","type-hbi-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-miscellaneous","tag-other-publications"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Social Cohesion - Experiences and Expectations of People with Disabilities Regarding Participation - Leibniz Institut f\u00fcr Medienforschung | Leibniz Institute for Media Research<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/social-cohesion-people-with-disabilities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Social Cohesion - Experiences and Expectations of People with Disabilities Regarding Participation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On behalf of Aktion Mensch, PD Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt and Milena Braun of the Hamburg Section of the Research Institute Social Cohesion examined how people with disabilities assess social cohesion in Germany. 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