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Theory and Concepts of disability in people and inclusion in society

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Disability Theory and TABLE Concepts OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 Disability in people and Inclusion in society3 How media conceptualises the disability 3 CONCLUSION 5 REFERENCES 6 INTRODUCTION Disability can be considered as an impairment that may be cognitive, cerebral or a combination of both. The persons suffering from any mental or physical impairment that is directly or indirectly affecting the life activities of them are considered as disabled persons. Whether it is mental or physical illness, a problem that is affecting the general activities of life

Theory and Concepts of disability in people and inclusion in society

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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3Disability in people and Inclusion in society..............................................................................3How media conceptualises the disability....................................................................................3CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTIONDisability can be considered as an impairment that may be cognitive, cerebral or acombination of both. It affects the personal and social life activities of a person in a considerablemanner. It may be already present from birth or occur within the lifetime of an individual.Disabilities can be physical, mental, intellectual, psychiatric, visual, hearing etc. (Meekosha andShuttleworth, 2016). Some very common examples are vision impairment, obtained brain injury,deafness or hard of hearing etc. The persons suffering from any mental or physical impairmentthat is directly or indirectly affecting the life activities of them are considered as disabledpersons. It somehow destroys the overall power of an individual to think the good and bad forthem. Disability in people and Inclusion in societyIt is no doubt that the disabled persons face considerably complicated situations ascompared to the non-disabled persons. It is also a component of human life. It can happen withanyone as one may become temporarily or permanently impaired at some point of life (Goodley,Hughes and Davis, 2012). Whether it is mental or physical illness, a problem that is affecting thegeneral activities of life, is considered as disability. Many stereotype assumptions about them arebuilt on myths, beliefs etc. from a longer time but they still persist as media does not stay back inrepresenting it regularly. Whether it may be by means of television, advertisement or othermethod,media plays an important role in spreading information about disability to the people.According to a research conducted by OPM/Ipsos MORI, found that the disabled personsfelt that negative attitudes and behaviours towards them should be changed as this directly orindirectly decreases their motivation and confidence level. They were clear with the fact that thegeneral public and the media need to change the way they treat them. It badly affects theirmotivation level (Barnes, 2012). Mass media, categorises the disabled persons as pathetic, anobject of curiosity, a sinister or laughable etc. It also includes that the disabled ones are not ableto participate in the daily life. With a few exceptions, these people are rarely seen in TV quizshows or in daily soaps. Media have created such image of them that they are incapable of doinganything. Although it is also a part of life and can happen with anyone. They also contain thepotential of doing anything. In fictional programs also, they are mostly categorised as criminalsor victims, and people consider them as pathetic.
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