Abstrakt
The article presents results of tematic analysis of interviews with students with mild and moderate intellectual disability. The sample was consisted of 62 young people attending 48 special schools in Łódź voivodship (12–16 years old). Tematic analysis identified the following categories of dreams: escape dreams, proffessional/career dreams, material dreams, idealistic/universal dreams, “celebrity” dreams, dreams „right here and now,” lack of dreams (difficulties with identification included) and compound of the aforementiond dream categories. The data show that the most prevalent category of dreams were those related to future work, job, professional career. It proves importance of vocational rehabilitation provided for people with intellectual
disability.