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The number of people with Disabilities In India has been estimated at 70 million.[1]
India is a party to the United NationsConvention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, having signed the treaty on 30 March 2007 and ratified it on 1 October 2007.[2]
Unlike those in the West, most people with disabilities in India and their families are focused on survival in the context of deep poverty. India's disability rights movement, however, mainly comprises elite, middle-class activists who generally mirror the goals of the disability rights movement in Western countries.[1]
Common public perceptions of disability in India are influenced by certain discourses that are generally rejected by the field of disability studies. People with disabilities are often seen as wicked or deceitful, or as unable to progress to adulthood and dependent on charity and pity for assistance.[1] This is as opposed to an emphasis on the strengths people possess despite their disabilities, and their potential for adaptation.
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India is a party to the United NationsConvention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, having signed the treaty on 30 March 2007 and ratified it on 1 October 2007.[2]
Unlike those in the West, most people with disabilities in India and their families are focused on survival in the context of deep poverty. India's disability rights movement, however, mainly comprises elite, middle-class activists who generally mirror the goals of the disability rights movement in Western countries.[1]
Common public perceptions of disability in India are influenced by certain discourses that are generally rejected by the field of disability studies. People with disabilities are often seen as wicked or deceitful, or as unable to progress to adulthood and dependent on charity and pity for assistance.[1] This is as opposed to an emphasis on the strengths people possess despite their disabilities, and their potential for adaptation.
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Most often, they are dependent on other people. The look upon themselves as the burden of their families and an inferiority complex dogs them as long as they live.
The use of word ‘handicapped’ is being discouraged. The physically disabled people are now referred to as physically challenged people, visually challenged people, etc.
More recently, the phrase ‘differently abled’ instead of the word ‘handicapped’ or ‘disability’. It emphasizes on the fact that they are “not disabled” but “differently abled” in some other spheres or activities of life.
Types: The various types of differences in ability includes:
Physical disability – limited physical ability or disability of the body.
Mental disability – limited mental ability or disability of the mind.
Developmental difficulties due to impairment of physical or mental health.
Congenital disability in people born with a certain disability.
Accidental disability in people who become disabled due to an accident
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