| > | | | | reflecting an interaction between features of a |
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| mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; | | | | The above definition gives a broader purview that |
| mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; | | | | includes all conditions including physical as well as |
| mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; | | | | mental. These conditions can be a cause of concern |
| mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; | | | | with the inclusion of all types of disorders. People |
| mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; | | | | suffering from disabilities undergo stressful and |
| font-family:"Times New Roman"; | | | | strenuous conditions. For some people disability can be |
| mso-ansi-language:#0400; | | | | a lifelong problem and some may face the condition of |
| mso-fareast-language:#0400; | | | | deformity to function in the normal work. |
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| As soon as you confront with the word disability, | | | | The advancement in the medical technology has |
| you immediately imagine about a person who is unable | | | | helped till a large extent to cope with the normal |
| to execute his normal work and depends on the | | | | activities. Many life-saving medicines are there to |
| support of others. This term disability is defined in | | | | cushion the intensity of the fatal disease that may |
| different ways by the different people, so the there | | | | have caused disability. To avoid the negativity of this |
| cannot be any specific definition of it. It is only criteria | | | | condition, the government has initiated several |
| that help to demarcate the shape of this term. There is | | | | beneficiary programs, such as Registered Disability |
| a comprehensive guide to several physical, mental and | | | | Savings Plan, Disability tax credits, Child disability |
| developmental disabilities and rehabilitation. | | | | benefits, etc. There are many online sources through |
| | | | | which the deserving persons can get the appropriate |
| There are millions of people who show the symptoms | | | | information to utilize these welfare plans. |
| of physical, mental and emotional handicap that largely | | | | |
| limit their normal activities. In a way, it can be said that it | | | | Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 |
| is a modern term of handicapped that may be the | | | | * Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable |
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| damage, etc. Some people are born with such | | | | mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; |
| afflictions that include the disabilities like cerebral palsy, | | | | mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; |
| blindness, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, Down | | | | mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; |
| syndrome and others. According to the definition of | | | | mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; |
| World Health Organization, Disabilities is an umbrella | | | | mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; |
| term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and | | | | font-family:"Times New Roman"; |
| participation restrictions. An impairment is a problem in | | | | mso-ansi-language:#0400; |
| body function or structure; an activity limitation is a | | | | mso-fareast-language:#0400; |
| difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a | | | | mso-bidi-language:#0400;} |
| task or action; while a participation restriction is a | | | | For more information regarding: disability insurance, |
| problem experienced by an individual in involvement in | | | | disabilities, disability tax credits. |
| life situations. Thus disability is a complex phenomenon, | | | | |