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Disability BPT
Disability BPT
IMPAIRMENT-
Society
Whole person
Organ or tissue
TWO TYPES OF BASIC DISABILITIES
Primary Disability
Secondary Disability
PRIMARY DISABILITY
National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) has conducted thrice the survey
In July-Dec 2002 survey for the first time information on mentally disabled
1755 PWD every 1 lac person identified who were either physically or
Prevalence among rural and urban residents 1.85% and 1.50% respectively.
.
Prevalence in male > female ( 2.12% rural & 1.67% urban : 1.5% rural
& 1.31% urban) except in blindness where female exceed male
Prevalence of locomotor disability is highest f/b hearing and visual
disability.
More than one type of disability was present in 10.63% PWD.
Prevalence highest in Orissa f/b Kerala and Punjab. Lowest rate seen in
Assam, Jharkhand and Rajasthan.
CLASSIFICATION
Hearing diasbility.
Speech disability.
Locomotor disability.
Percentage distribution of disabled persons by types of
disability (NSSO-2002)
Mental Disability
instructions, who could not carry out their activities like others of
Mental illness(MI).
CAUSES OF MR-
Hereditary 2%.
visual acuity.
Visually disabled includes,
(a) those who did not have any light perception - both eyes taken
together
(b) those who had light perception but could not correctly count
.
Night blindness was not considered as visual
disability.
Two types-
• Blindness
• Low vision.
CAUSES OF BLINDNESS- CAUSES OF LOW VISION-
better ear. In other words, if one ear of a person is normal and the other
ear has total hearing loss, then the person was judged as normal in hearing
for the purpose of the survey. Hearing disability was judged without
taking into consideration the use of hearing aids (i.e., the position for the
speak, spoke only with limited words or those with loss of voice.
It also included those whose speech is not understood due to
Age at onset –
• 60 years & above in 35%(rural) & 43%(urban)
• congenital speech defect in 38 %(rural) & 31%(urban).
LOCOMOTOR DISABILITY (LD)
A person with,
(a) loss or lack of normal ability to execute distinctive activities
associated with the movement of self and objects from place to place
and
(b) physical deformities, other than those involving the hand or leg
both, regardless of whether the same caused loss or lack of normal
movement of body – was considered as disabled with loco-motor
disability.
LOCOMOTOR DISABILITY (LD)
Age at onset-
60 years and above 49%(rural) & 57%(urban).
45-49 years 27%-29%.
AREAS OF SUFFERING OF DISABLED PERSON
SOCIAL
ECONOMICAL
PSYCHOLOGICAL
EMOTIONAL
Social Status
separated.
disability.
Employment status – among all 37% PWD employed.
level prevention)
prevention)
FIRST LEVEL PREVENTION- MOST EFFECTIVE
Includes rehabilitation.
Orthopedic orthoses and prosthesis.
Glasses for VD & low vision.
Hearing aid for HD.
Vocational schools and training for the disabled.
Education and upliftment of the economic status of disabled.
Speech therapy, vocational training.
Provision of jobs for the disabled.
1.Latest classification used for describing functioning and
disability.
I. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health,
(ICF).
II. International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and
Handicaps, (ICIDH).
III. ICD (International classification of disease)
IV. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
2. Which of the following is the 2nd level of prevention
regarding disability prevention.
I. Blindness.
II. Hearing disability.
III.Locomotor.
IV.Mental Retardation.
4. The correct sequence of events leading to disability and
handicap,
IV. Disability-Disease-Handicap-Impairment.
5.Which of the following is a correct match,
I. Accident- Disability
III.Unemployed- Impairment