Beyond their abilities narratives of The diffrently abled

Abstract

Disability is a universal problem. This term hints at something with a person either physically or mentally disabled. It begins and ends with an individual. It is a personal tragedy but not an epidemic. It is not whole entity to define the personhood. It is one of the many things of a person. It may be temporary or permanent. In fact, it is a condition that restricts everyday activities of an individual. It is resulted from the interaction between persons with impairments and attitudinal and environmental barriers. Resultantly, it obstructs their full and effective participation in society on equal basis with the able-bodied people. The problem of disability depends upon the severity of its affect. newline newlineThere are many kinds of disabilities. Any kind of disability is undesirable but unavoidable at a stage of life i.e. birth, childhood, adult age, middle age and old age due to various reasons such as polio, hereditary, amputation, paralysis, meningitis, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, mental illness, autism, and old age problems etc. Moreover, deafness, speech impairment, mental retard, lameness, blindness, cerebral palsy etc are seen in our daily life. newline newlineToday the disabled are also called Differently Abled Persons . The terms physically challenged, handicapped, challenged persons, crippled, impaired etc are used to describe them. The word crippled is a taboo whereas the term Person with Disability (PWD) or the disabled has become an official term in the world. On the globe, each country has its own definitions, interventions, perceptions and treatments for disability in its own way. Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, has recently coined a term Divine Bodies (Divyangulu) to refer them in a respectable way. The new terms of disability suggest that there is a change in attitude and approach towards the disabled and challenged. newlineDisability is a big challenge both in personal and social life of an individual. The disabled, throughout their life, face widespread barriers in accessing education, employment and he