In this concept, the students will learn about differently abled people. Here the students will get an idea about different types of disabilities like physical disability and mental disability. They will also know how specially-abled people deal with their disabilities.
After reading the concept, students will be able to:
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1. Mental Disability: Any disability which affects the mind of a person and results in affecting the person’s ability to think, react, make decisions, and communicate is called a mental disability.
2. Physical Disability:
3. Disabilities due to age:
4. Blind Meaning and Distorted Vision
Due to the inability to see, blind people are not capable of doing simple daily activities. Hence, they are taught some techniques to cope. A few of them are as follows—
a. Training for Mute People:
Some people are born with the improper structure of limbs, whereas some lose their limbs due to injuries or disease and they are called physically challenged people.
a. Training of People Without LimbsWheelchair tennis | Para sprint race | Para powerlifting |
Para gymnastic | Para ice hockey | Wheelchair archery |
Para-badminton | Wheelchair fencing | Wheelchair basketball |
Medications: Medicines or ointments used for specific injuries or to treat diseases.
Impairment: The loss of ability to do something.
Intellectual disabilities: Related to mental disabilities.
Therapy: A treatment used to heal a disorder.