Understanding Disability

Oxford Dictionary defines disability as “the state of being disabled people who cannot work because of illness” or “a lack of something necessary” , so generally we consider a physical or mental handicap, especially one that prevents a person from living a full, normal life or from holding a gain full job as disability. However I would like to request you to judge the definition that immediately strikes in your mind when disability is pronounced. I used to wonder handicapped, blind, dumb…in first hand as disable people untill I attended workshop at CBR Patan, I came to know that I was wrong. I found myself more disable than the people I used to ponder disable for several reasons. Disability doesn’t comes along with physical illness since it carries equal values in mental disorders as well. People having attitude problem can be called disable besides physically disable such as handicapped. If the people having sightedness problem hadn’t cured their eyes with the help of glasses/lenses then I’m sure that they might turn into blind after some years. How s/he will feel when we call them blind at that moment? Probably s/he will get hurt immensely and curse their life for seeking help from others in their daily activities. That alias may kill them resulting life like zombie, hence we shouldn’t use such words to address disable people, instead it should be replaced by differently able people. For example we can address dumb as people with hearing imparity, blind with people with seeing imparity etcetera. If some of we have attitude problem then remember that you are disable as well for not being able to cooperate. Therefore disability never points out loosing some of the parts of your body only as it covers some of our attitudes like unable to take correct decision in time, unable to compromise…or behaviorial problems. From the workshop I learnt the types of disablilily viz:

#Stuctural

#Functional

#Activity

Anyone normal can be victim of any of the above types at any time, so I suggest you to be careful in every steps of your life specially when driving, crossing roads, in ladder, or from any other risky places. It can be cured if given special treatment so I hereby suggest you not to hide about your problems in the fear of Society, friends or virtue.