Celebrating the International day of a person with the Disability -3rd December. In India, According to census 2011, approximately 30,000,000 people are suffering from different types of disabilities. The types of disability include loco-motor, hearing, speech, visual and mental disability. Disability is an important public health problem especially in developing countries like India.
The problem will increase in the future because of the increase in the trend of non-communicable diseases and change in age structure with an increase in life expectancy. Any restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity in a manner or within the range considered normal for the human beings, resulting from impairment is termed as a disability. Impairment concerns the physical aspects of health; disability is the loss of functional capacity resulting from an impairment organ; handicap is a measure…
