Analyzing Barriers to Social Inclusion and Community Participation

This report addresses various barriers to social inclusion and community participation, focusing on challenges related to accessibility, transport, behavior, and financial support. It highlights attitudinal barriers, such as negative assumptions about individuals with disabilities, and proposes solutions like encouraging open communication and providing accessible transportation. The report also explores behavioral barriers stemming from low self-esteem and suggests treating people with disabilities with respect and dignity. Additionally, it discusses financial barriers, advocating for fair treatment from financial institutions. The report also examines barriers related to stigma, negative attitudes, and skill development, offering strategies to overcome these obstacles, such as providing family support and utilizing in-house training resources. The references cited provide additional context and support for the findings presented.

SUPPORT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND SOCIAL
INCLUSION
Barrier to inclusion in accessibility
Accessibility is generally the extent to which service or product is made available to wider
audience. The most common barrier to inclusion in this case is the attitudnal barrier. For
example- assuming that an individual is suffering from disability is generally inferior and
keeping them away from providing products like in healthcare centers. For addressing this
situation in the most effective way, people having disability should be encouraged to speak
up in their classroom and should be motivated to come forward for all the activities in
school.
Barrier to inclusion in transport
The lack of the accessible transport is generally one of the major
barrier for people suffering from one or the other form of
disability. For example- children with disability are less likely to
attend the school which are located at log distance due to the lack
of convenience. These children due to their ill-health does not get
the proper transport system for going to their schools and thus
faces high challenges. For overcoming this situation, the most
effective way is to provide children with three wheeler motorbikes
which is tricycles along with trailers. This will be the most
sustainable transportation for children suffering from disability
across the world.
Barriers to stigma and negative attitudes
The most common example of barrier to inclusion in case
of negative attitude is the attitude of children towards their
parents due to lack of the family as well as society
support. When children does not get the support from
family as well as the society for pursuing their dreams
then a sense of frustration and hate arises in their mind
which later on converts to the negative attitude. In order to
address this case, family should be educated enough to
understand the dreams of their children and should be
supportive
.Barrier to inclusion in skill development
In order to provide the necessary skills to the students
having special needs, a lot of barriers are encountered. The
most common is the cost. Incorporating training programs
somewhat hinders the skill development as it generally
incurs high cot. This high cost of the internet and other
resources becomes an important barrier. In order to
overcome this, the organizations can make use of the in-
house training resources and can use them in most
effective way. This will help them to save the additional
cost of hiring trainers from outside for skill development.
Barrier to inclusion in behaviour
The most widely known barrier to inclusion in the behaviour change
is the lack of motivation. The low-esteem as well as low confidence
becomes one of the most important barrier as people suffering from
one or more disability tend to feel isolated from society. This isolation
gives rise to low confidence among them and their behaviour of
looking at their family and whole society changes. This low
confidence becomes irreversible and their behaviour changes to
destructive. In order to overcome this, the most useful strategy is to
treat people with disability just like the other people of society.
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Barrier to inclusion in financial support
People with disability generally faces the problem of financial support as the
community normally considers them as inferior. For example- an individual suffering
from hearing impairment when goes to bank for loan or to the other financial
institution for seeking financial help is usually neglected and sometimes are rejected
for giving them financial support. In order to address this situation, all the financial
institutions as well as personal lenders should be strictly advised that they cannot
reject to provide financial support on the basis of their health, race and religion.
Community participation and inclusion
In case of the community participation as well as social
inclusion, the widely known barrier is the inability of
people to analyze various activities. For example- student
with hearing impairment may not be able to feel
comfortable in the environment of other people and
might not be able to perform the different vigorous
activities. This at the end lowers their motivation level
and also decreases their self-esteem. Therefore, this also
impacts their physical as well as mental growth. For
overcoming thus situation, schools should provide the
cultural or linguistic background for disable students so
that they do not feel inferior. Besides this, they should
not be differentiated on the basis of their health
outcomes.