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- 2. According toWHO ■ Disabilityis an umbrella term covering impairments activity limitations and participation restrictions. ■ Disability is not a health problem. it is a complex phenomena. Reflecting the interaction between features of a persons body and failure of the society in which he/she live.
- 3. A PERSONWITH DISABILITY ■According to U.N 2006 Person with disabilities have long term physical mental intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with in various barriers hinder their full and effective expectations in society on an equal basis with others. According to Herr and Cramer, 1996 One who usually considered to be different from a normal person physically physiologically neurologically or psychologically because of accidents disease birth defect or developmental problem.
- 4. According toWHO A personwith disabilities means a person suffering from not less than 40 % of any disability as certified by a medical authority like • Blindness • Low vision • Leprosy • Hearing impairment • Loco motor disability • Mental retardation • Mental illness • Physical disability • Learning disability
- 5. International Day OfPersonWith Disability “TRANSFORMATIONTOWARDSSUSTAINABLEAND RESILIENTSOCIETYFORALL”
- 6. Aim OfThe DayObservation ■ It started on 1992 ■ It aims to promote the rights and well being of the person with disabilities in all spheres of society and development and to increase awareness of the situations of person with disabilities in every aspect of environment social political and cultural life.
- 7. According to Americanwith disability act (1970) ■ Many social barriors have been removed. ■ Also realized there is more work that needs to be done for people with disability like:- 1. Safety 2. School 3. Transitions 4. Healthy living 5. Acceptance
- 8. Role of socialworker in the field of disabled 1. Giving awareness to teachers parents and publics. 2. Individual and family counselling. 3. Providing psychosocial support. 4. Conducting case studies, case works, group works and community organization for their improvement. 5. Arrangement of rehabilitation those who want. 6. Strengthening legislation on this field. 7. To enable them to self sufficient. 8. To help for improve quality of life. 9. To encourage public for welfare of disable. 10. To bring social support and to remove social stigma towards disability.
- 9. Services given forthe disabled 1. Providing appliances. 2. Providing trainings for their improvements. 3. Self employment. 4. Integration of disables from home to school. 5. Providing formal informal education 6. Providing clinical services. 7. Providing therapies and excersices.
- 10. Problems of disabledperson Education Less socialization ■ Psychological problems Finding a suitable couple ■ Lack of security Feeling isolation ■ Lack of confidence ■ Treating society as worthless ■ Withdrawal from social contacts. ■ Lack of acceptance ■ Increased dependence on others ■ Rejecting from the family
- 12. Types of disability ■Physical disability A person with physical disability may need to use of some equipment for assistance with mobility. It also includes people who have lost limps or who because of shape of their body. e.g. :- Polio Absent limp Intellectual or learning disability. People with an intellectual learning or cognitive disability have a reduced capacity to learn task or process information. A learning disability may make it difficult for a person to take information and communicate.it make difficulty to reading writing calculations etc. e.g.:- Dyslexia Dyscalculia Dysgraphia
- 13. Continue…… ■ Psychiatric disabilities Apsychiatric disability can develop at any age and is often not apparent to other people. It is most misunderstood disabilities in the community and peoples attitudes may be based on prejudice and myth. e.g.;- Schizophrenia depression Visual impairment Any kind of vision loss. eg:- River blindness presbiopia
- 14. Continue…… ■ Hearing disability Anytype of issue while hearing voice. It can caused by a wide range of factors including physical damage disease during pregnancy etc. e.g.;- Sensorineural hearing loss Auditory processing disorder Neurological disability It is associated with damage of the nervous system that result in the lose of some physical or mental function. E.g.:- Epilepsy Parkinson's disease
- 15. Disability prevention ■ Disabilityprevention relates to all level of prevention – 1. Reducing the occurrence of impairment. – 2. Disability limitation by appropriate treatment. – 3. preventing the transition of disability into handicap.
- 16. NGO’SWORKING FOR DISABLED ■Disability advocacy service hunter. ■ European disability forum ■ UNISON ■ Australian Federation of disability organization ■ The national association of disabled’s enterprises.
- 17. Welfare programme fordisabled ■ Deen dayal rehabilitation scheme. ■ National award for people with disabilities. ■ Assistance to disabled persons for purchase
- 18. Acts for theprotection of disabled ■ The person with disabilities act , 1995. ■ The mental health act, 1987 ■ The rehabilitationCouncil of India act, 1992 ■ The national trust for welfare of persons with autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation and multiple disabilities act, 1999