Handicaps and Rehabilitation
“Rehabilitation” is a term associated with “handicapped” persons. It is the process that seeks to repair or remove the conditions that cause the handicaps or at least to eliminate or compensate for the handicaps. “Rehabilitation” helps a “disabled” person to live with the disability by heightening his/her positive qualities and eliminating or minimizing his/her limitations.
Given the prevalence of “impairments”, “disabilities” and “handicaps” at every level of society, provisions for “rehabilitation” are very important and necessary.
The truth is that in every society there are great numbers of “handicapped” people, not necessarily those afflicted with “physical or mental disabilities”, but also all those who are the victims of “financial, educational, environmental or cultural impairments” which prevent them from entering into the mainstreams of society and separate them from admission to the ranks of those entitled to enjoy the full benefits of belonging to “proper” society.
Therefore this article explores both kinds of “handicaps” with a section on “physical and mental impairments, disabilities and handicaps” and their “rehabilitation” and another section on “cultural and social impairments, disabilities and handicaps” and their “rehabilitation”.
1. What is the nature of this individual’s impairments? Can they be cured or treated?
3. What handicaps does this individual face in society because of thedisabilities? What can be done about them?
With regard to the “impairments, disabilities and handicaps” the providers of “rehabilitation” ask
1. What impairments are prevalent in society? Can they be eliminated or prevented?
3. What conditions in society make life difficult for those with disabilities? How can we remedy these conditions?
In this article we also look at “rehabilitation” from both these perspectives.
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