The Interplay of Danger, Disability, and Mental Health Issues

This essay delves into the significant challenges individuals with disabilities face concerning their mental health, highlighting the pervasive issues of neglect, ignorance, and discrimination that exacerbate psychological distress. It emphasizes the critical link between chronic stress resulting from these societal factors and increased risks of severe physical health problems such as strokes, heart disease, and obesity. The essay further discusses the importance of mental health as a fundamental human right, essential for building relationships, making informed decisions, and contributing to community and socio-economic development. It addresses various barriers that hinder the improvement of mental health for disabled individuals, including lack of understanding, stigma, and financial constraints, while also exploring potential solutions through policy changes, attitudinal shifts, and increased accessibility to medical and social support. The essay concludes by advocating for a more inclusive and supportive environment to enhance the quality of life for individuals living with disabilities and mental health challenges.

The concept of Danger
Disability and Mental Health

Contents
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
BLOG 3...........................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
The blog is well providing the information which is showing that living with mental illness is not
easy because the major drawback which is arise within the individual with disability is that they
are facing neglect an ignorance in wider way that affect psychological health of individual. In
addition, the Blog help to make information interpretation regarding the neglect to mental health.
Therefore, the chronic stress which has been linked to the higher risk of strokes, heart and
obesity and so on.
BLOG 3
Mental health defines as condition of a person which consider their emotional and
psychological wellbeing. Mental health is also known as absence of mind. It is condition that
affect behaviour, thinking and mood of a person or individual realizes their abilities can cope
with normal stresses of life, can work productively and able to contribute in society. Due to this,
risk is increased in physical health such as strokes, heart disease and diabetes. However, to
improve mental health problems one should met with various obstacle or barriers. The common
threat is lack of listening or understanding and stigma of psychiatric diagnoses (Xenitidis and
et.al., 2021). Mental health is basic human right. It is sensitive component of well being and
health that nurture an individual to build relationships, make decision and critical for community,
socio-economic development.
Danger disability is a permanent illness or injury due to which the disable person is not
able do some specific activities or things like other normal people. Providing equal opportunity
or making laws for them is always been a debating topic across the globe. Because I think
whatever the government do like making law doing campaign for them but until the people
around them will not change their perspective towards them or until they make them feel normal
or comfortable nothing of these government campaigns will do. There are mainly two type of
disability one is Physical disability and the other one is Mental disability. Physical disability
consist disorders, anatomical loss, physiological disease and impairment. Apart from this mental
disability consist any brain disorder or syndrome, learning disabilities, emotional or mental dis-
balance etc. Due to their disability they have to face lot of discrimination, unemployment and
other lot of issues. In which if a women or a girl have any of these disability then they face
double discrimination of disability and sex both (Goodley, 2020).
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Physical health and mental health are equally important for overall health, if one is dis-
balanced then it affect the whole life of a person. After reading several articles, I felt that I
should write a blog on person with disabilities and mental health because it is one of the
challenging problem for global health and major factor to all over the world. Through this blog I
would like to share my perception about concept on disabilities and mental health that disabilities
are leading in public health problem with mental issues among the population. This has negative
impact because it limits their functions or impairment are disadvantage for participant
opportunities in social life (Corrigan, and Nieweglowski, 2018). These restrictions also affect the
person wellbeing and health because of this disable person increase mortality rate, became
socially isolated, do not involve in any activities which leading them to cause mental health
problems such as depression, anxiety, dementia, bipolar disorder, etc. According to World
Health Organization (WHO) states that 20% of population are suffering from disabilities and
mental health out of that only 10% of people are getting treatment and attention for their
problems. Despite all the challenges, life of mentally ill or disable person does not mean
loneliness or isolation, unhappiness, misery. According to my thought the best cure to treat
loneliness or unhappiness is simple move out from house and interacting with people and
animals are perfect way to distract your mind or rejoining to the world. For this the governments,
volunteers, country representatives, NGOs and other primary healthcare organizations had also
approach from the hospitals of disabilities and mental health to the societies or communities out
there for support, engage and help to those people who are suffering from these (Young, and et.
al.,2019). There are many therapies that must be provided by medical practitioner, primary
health care or doctor so it helpful for those person such as source of encouragement (travel,
study, motivational speech), stay hopeful means never listen to other, enjoy your life and create
happiness, learn about advocacy, make connection and involvement with others, explore own
mental health and physical health and do not feel guilty of having them try to move on.
I think disable person face more discrimination and assault in job, school, even in normal
things also like going to park or shopping etc. To protect them from all this discrimination and
assault the government made different different law in their country. Such as in Ontario there is a
legislation called Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2005, in India there is Right of
Person with Disabilities Act 2016, in United Kingdom there is Disability Discrimination Act
1995, in United States there is Architectural Barriers Act and Rehabilitation Act and Americans
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with Disabilities Act (Kowalski, and Peipert, 2019). Having these law help them a lot but still
they have to face discrimination in many areas such as attitudinal barrier in this disable people
basically face stigma, prejudice and discrimination from their surroundings. If the disable person
with mental illness is women then with all these discriminations, they also face sexual
discrimination. Other than this disable people who have mental illness also have to face
transportation barrier, as not every country is that much developed in text of transportation that
they can provide all needed help to disable people. Except this finance is also been the biggest
barrier for them as well as for their family also because medical services are very expensive in
some country that not everyone can afford it. Some families are not able to pay all the cost of the
medical service due to which disable person with mental illness doesn't get appropriate medical
care (Mancini, 2019). Last one is communication barrier, lack of communication is the main
reason of having mental illness in almost every person who is disable because they are unable to
express their feelings properly, there is a sign language to overcome this barrier but not everyone
is able to understand it because it is tough to learn it. These barriers can be overcome by doing
some change in the policies and doing some changes in our behaviour towards them. Making
them feel normal and avoiding discrimination of them in workplace or in local area would help
the most. By doing some changes such as lowering the cost of medical service or by making new
transportation policies for them by their government would help and make them able to live the
good quality of life.
CONCLUSION
As per the above discussion, it is well analysing that the concept of danger disability and mental
illness is broad topic which may require proper investigation in the term of collection of data and
information. Without treatment the consequence of mental illness for the individual and society
is also showing the staggering of untreated mental health condition which can show the result
related with unnecessary disability, unemployment and substance abuse and so on.
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