Rola czasopisma „Szkoła Specjalna” w kształtowaniu społecznego wizerunku dziecka z niepełnosprawnością w Polsce w okresie międzywojennym (1924–1939)

This study shows the most important roles of the quarterly magazine „The Special School” and its contribution to the change of situation of children with special needs in Poland in the interwar period. The first part presents the complex conditions related to politics, legislation and specific economic, edu-cational and social circumstances that greatly influenced lives of the families having children with special needs in 2nd Republic of Poland. The second part reviews the functions the magazine fulfilled at that time: informative, opinion-shaping, educative, motivating for changes and inspiring to find new solutions in education for children with special needs.