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Assignment On Overcoming Barriers In Disabilities

   

Added on  2022-10-04

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Overcoming
barriers in
Disabilities

WHAT ARE DISABILITIES?
A disability is a mental or physical situation where
a person is limited to his or her movements,
activities or senses.
A disability is a situation that restricts a person
from his or her every day activities. It can be
intellectual, cognitive, psychiatric, neurological or
any physical or sensory impairments1.

WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF
DISABILITIES?
It is an umbrella term for a lot of impairments,
limitations to activities or restrictions in
participation.
There are various disabilities that may be
permanent and temporary. It can be chronic and
episodic as well.
The most common types of disabilities are
sensory, physical, neurological, psychiatric,
intellectual and cognitive2.

A physical disability may relate to
muscoskeletal, respiratory, circulatory as well
as nervous system disorder.
Sensory disabilities involve vision and hearing
impairments.

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