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One-Day Awareness SessionOn Disability by The Angels

By:Dr. Umair Ahmed

Sept. 18, 2013

Facebook:TheAngels Pk


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WHAT IS DISABILITY?

Disabilities is an umbrella term covering;

a) impairments,

b) activity limitations, andc) participation restrictions.

Thus, disability is a complex phenomenon,reflecting an interaction between features

of a persons body and features of the

society in which he or she lives.


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MEANING OF DISABILITY

An impairmentis a problem in body

function or structure;

An activity limitationis a difficulty

encountered by an individual in executing a

task or action;

Aparticipation restrictionis a problem

experienced by an individual in involvement

in life situations.


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Official Definition of Persons With

Disabilities by the Government of Pakistan

For the quota system, disabled person means

a person, on account of injury, disease or

congenital deformity is handicapped in

education or for undertaking any gainful

profession or employment in order to earn his

livelihood, and includes a person who is blind,deaf, physically handicapped or mentally

retarded.


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Types of Disabilities among Children

1.

Hearing Impairment

2. Visual Impairment

3. Physical Impairment

4.

Mental Retardation

5. Learning Disability


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Hearing Impairment

Hearing impairment occurs when there is a problem with ordamage to one or more parts of the ear. The degree of the

loss, the age at which it was acquired, the type of loss allcombine to make each childs condition unique. It isimportant to remember that a hearing impairment does notaffect intellectual potential. But without early intervention, itcan affect both the development of that potential and

interactions with family and others.


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Visual Impairment

Visual impairment is a term experts use to

describe any kind of vision loss, whether it issomeone who has partial vision loss or full.

The classifications here are moderate, severe and

profound.


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Physical Impairment:A physical disability is a condition that interferes with the childsability to use his or her body. It substantially limits participation in

one or more life activities. Physically handicapping conditions canstem from congenital factors, problems during the birth process,accident and disease. The cause of a condition and the age at whichcondition develops influence the kinds of problems that childrenwith physical disabilities face.


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Mental Retardation Mental retardation begins in childhood or adolescence

before the age of 18. In most cases, it persists throughoutadult life. Alevel of intellectual functioning (as

measured by standard intelligence tests ) that is well

below average and results in significant limitations in

the person's daily living skills (adaptive functioning) e.g.when someone has certain limitations in communicating,

taking care of him or herself, and social skills. These

limitations will cause a child to learn and develop more

slowly than a typical child or may take longer to learn tospeak, walk, and take care of their personal needs such

as dressing or eating, learning in school. They will learn,

but it will take them longer.


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Learning DisabilityIt refers to a variety of disorders that affect the acquisition,

retention, understanding, organization or use of verbal and/or non-verbal information. These range in severity and invariably

interfere with the acquisition and use of one or more of the

following important skills: oral language, reading,writing,

mathematics etc.

Examples: Dyslexia (learning to read)

Dysgraphia (to write) and Dyscalculia (to gradeappropriate

mathematics).


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Specific Rights of Persons With Disabilities (approved byUN) The UN Convention on the Rights of the People with

Disabilities

Pakistan signed the Convention on: 25th September 2008.Equal protection before the lawLiberty and security of the person

Freedom from torture

Protection of the integrity of the person

Liberty of movement and nationalityFreedom of expression

Respect for privacy

Right to participation in public life

Respect for home and the family

Right to live in the communityRight to education

Right to life & health

Rehabilitation

Right to work

Right to an adequate standard of living

Right to participate in cultural life


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The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

Scott Hamilton

Theangelspk.org


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THANK YOU

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