Taking into consideration the right of every human to a life in dignity and to personal freedom, incapacitation seems to be especially interesting to discuss and characterize. The following characteristic is divided into three parts due to its depth. The conclusion additionally contains a digression connected to the topic of the incapacitated due to mental disorders people who are part of the society. The first part defines incapacitation as restriction or deprivation of legal capacity on the basis of judicial decision which strongly interferes with the sphere of personal rights of an individual and affects the basic right of an individual to freely decide upon one’s behaviour. The second part deals with mental disability of an incapacitated person. Mental disability is also defined here.
The third part concludes on issues concerned with taking care of a mentally disabled person who is completely incapacitated. The conclusion deals with the social situation of the people who are mentally handicapped and the sources of their support. This part highlights economic situation of disabled and incapacitated people which is specific and requires attention.
