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Critical reflection on the Disability Theorist

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Critical reflection on the Disability Theorist

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Critical reflection on the Disability Theorist
Disability theorist Anita Ghai works as an associate professor in the department of
psychology in New Delhi. She contributed me a great way to the present reality of the
physical disability. Her focus is developing a great understanding of the feminism and
disability. According to me, she developed a great understanding related to the individual's
struggle with disability and the story of surviving the lives with a disability. Being a disability
theorist many efforts were done by her to understand the disability issues and how such
issues are to be resolved.
I believe that many of the evidence in relation to the social, historic and as per the analytical
terms results to understand disability and the relation of such disability to different sectors
(Singh & Ghai, 2009). As a theorist, she developed a great variety of proportions that are in
relevance to disability that includes the religious texts, life trajectory, practices related to
spiritual values and social attitudes (McConkey & Collins, 2010). Through her work, she
explored the unofficial and official identifications and with this marginalisation of the lives
that are disabled, which will help in raising the lives of the individuals suffering from a
disability (Singh & Ghai, 2009). The denial of the disability reality results to create such
situation where the aged along with the disabled, women, men and children lacks the access
of the basic rights of the human, are discriminated, marginalised and excluded against.
Disability and inclusion
From the intellectual point of view, there are various precise circumstances that
influenced the individual's conditions suffering from disabilities and to mention the attitude
of the normal individuals towards them. It was observed that neglecting, ignorance, fear and
superstition are certain social factors that exacerbated isolation of the individuals with
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disabilities. Individuals with the disability face many issues and problems as they are
believed to be a burden to the families and the societies (Fremlin, 2016). The disability
among the individuals is gendered and hence the feminism results in developing the
awareness of the women exploitation and oppression in the society and also among the
family. The society and the cultural values in a great way are responsible for imposing a
disability on the individuals suffering from impairments. The individuals with disability
according to the theorist have the right to live the life as per the normal individuals (Fremlin,
2016).
According to me the theorist Ghai she underscores the disability in postcolonial practice and
theory and looks at the culture and literature from two different perspectives. Such writings
of her reflected the colonial past and found a new way to understand the world facing the
issues related to the disability (Fremlin, 2016). Such domain writings and postcolonial theory
of her develops a great understating towards the oppressed representation and identities of
disability. As disability theorist, she believes to understand the others suffering from
disability symbolically and historically (McConkey & Collins, 2010).
Disability to the great extent is constructed socially and its conceptualisation reflects
the societal attitudes which viewed the disable individuals lives as worthless, tragic and
burden (Fremlin, 2016). Through the theories the social model of disability and its significant
and important to the disabled community and an extensive variety of social issues with this
also interrogating and questioning the utility (Fremlin, 2016). The social model where the
rights of the individual suffering from a disability are to be widely developed ad
acknowledged ad highlights the economic, cultural and environmental barriers experienced
by the individuals suffering from the disability (Fremlin, 2016).
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I wonder that the rethink disability theory of the Ghai will lead to the various analyses ad
recommendations of the various policies (Dattilo, 2013). In areas of the inclusive education,
certain perspectives ad critiques are offered which supports I the understanding of the
disability. But was not clear how to apply such policies in a complex environment where
accepting the individuals with disabilities is a challenge (Dattilo, 2013). Such a concept of
rethinking brought certain different experiences ad concerns of the disabled individuals
emphasise mainly the disability multiplicity and also its significance to the broader concerns.
The commitment to femininity and women engagements bring questions to the ones
observations on disability, newfangled dimensions for formation and actions on gender
concern, and a considerate reflection on significant inclusion through distinctive politics
(Ferguson, Jarrett & Terras, 2010). The theory of rethinking disability is full of analysis and
insights on how various sources and areas of knowledge are to be linked (Dattilo, 2013). Her
contribution of the disabled individuals are considered as a great foundation for the future
work in different areas; the rapid changes in the society and globalisation develops option of
the disabled inclusion in the society with the new understanding regarding disability and also
through new opportunities and risks for the disabled individuals (Dattilo, 2013).
Disability rights academics and activists highlighted environmental and cultural factors that
marginalise individuals with disabilities, disagree with their basic values and accompanying
essential conditions or rights (McConkey & Collins, 2010). Such disability, social model
approaches suggest that the disability root lies in the environment failure for allowing
someone to work as per the capacity with the functional disability which exists among the
individual (Dattilo, 2013). The highlighting of the marginalisation related to individuals
having the disabilities through the environmental and cultural factors do not mean that the
impairment is to be is shorn off. Mutilation is an intent concept and way that portion of an
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