Not disabled. Not special. Not differently able. Just normal and able

UDAIPUR, India - Dec. 30, 2014 - PRLog -- Persons with disability are people suffering from punishment or curses. Others attach some religious notion that the deformity is as a result of a sin they committed; hence, they should repent in order to be healed. Disability is not a curse for a disable person and the disable person is not a curse for the society. With love and affection they can live their life happily but their disability limits them from doing any work.
Disability in India some time back was considered a taboo. Women giving birth to these kids were thought to be cursed and little was done to ensure the well-being of the child. Considering the fact that approximately 10 per cent of India’s population suffers from some form of disability whether mental or physical, these orthodox minds had to accept the fact that disability was not a curse and embrace the children.

Out of the 10 per cent, about 2 per cent are people with mental disability. The education system in our country has evolved with leaps and bounds offering a choice of several international schools to choose from. However these choices elude the children with special needs and though the constitution of India gives them the right to study in regular schools, the rule is best followed in their absence.

Furthermore, a special child that goes to a specialised school has a mentally disabled child sitting next to him. There is zero opportunity to learn. On the other hand, interaction with normal students at regular schools aids learning behavior and learn skills that is difficult to attain in special schools.

In an integrated environment, participation in co- curricular activities together with their normal peers helps to boost their confidence. Children learn a lot through simply watching and imitating others so an integrated school option is a sure winner that helps children with special needs boost their self-confidence.

These schools are also more accessible as against to specialised schools saving precious commute time for the parents as well as the child. Also if all the regular schools admitted a few special children, the social stigma of having a mentally disable child will be erased to quit an extent.

The transition for schools may be a task too. Experts suggest that until the age of 12 and considering the learning abilities of the children, they must be integrated into regular class. Apart from that, for all the extra-curricular activities like games, drawing, cultural activities like singing and dancing, music, annual day, sports day, and celebration of festivals schools must encourage full participation from special and normal kids.

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Parents of children with special needs and normal kids must also be taken into confidence. Adults have this fear that their normal kid will too start behaving like the special kids. In fact normal kids enjoy the company of special kids and happily volunteer to sit beside them in class and teach them.

Not providing equal opportunities for the special children deprives them of a normal life. It also leaves the society oblivious to how issues with disabilities are dealt with. The lack of information on the disability and a traditional mindset act also act as an obstruction towards a smooth transition towards integrating the special kids with normal kids in regular school.

The need of the hour is to accept and adapt. It is important to imbibe sensitivity into the society, especially into normal children towards kids with special needs. The integration will help them to grow into confident adults ready to take on the challenges of the world.

Growing up is fun when children are not isolated and segregated based on a few pre-conceived beliefs. It may come as a surprise to all of adults on how a normal student generally opts to sit next to the special child and assist them with their activities. They soon forget that the child with special needs is not a regular child and treat them at par. This is a tremendous boost to their self-confidence and though this will not be done overnight, a dedicated generation will depict encouraging results.

Schools have always played a critical role in changing mindsets of people. Here too, educational institutions can help inculcate liberal thinking into young minds for them to grow into responsive adults.

Few of us realise that ability is a blessing. Maybe our lives are so overflowed with many objectives to accomplish that we sometimes forget the preciousness of our ability.

Apparently, there are children who are born during the war, raise without the opportunity of education or die from disease and starvation. As a result, we should value our ability as a blessing and be content with what we have. Moreover, despite ability is a blessing, disability should not considered neither a curse nor God’s retribution of sin. When children succeed in school and in their lives, parents are honourable for doing a great job in raising and teaching their children. In contrast, when children are born with disability or serious disease, the parents are sometimes beset with sin. In fact, parents have nothing to do with their children’s disability which primarily caused by genetic mutations or genetic variations. Additionally, despite people with disability have the same social rights as other human beings, people with disability in certain society are still treated and associated as underdeveloped or retarded individuals or even sinners. In reality, under some circumstances, people with disability can live their life happily and succeed by their own ways.

Therefore, disability is not a sign of sin, and people with disability are not a sign of sinners. Also, personal opinions of people with disability should be treated as those of other human beings.

Ability is a poor man’s wealth. Therefore, we should appreciate the ability that we possess because ability is not only a blessing, but also a “wealth”. On the other hand, disability should not be considered as a curse or a sign of sin. In fact, to be beneficial in their lives, people with disability put a much harder effort to overcome their adversity than others do. Take advantage of our ability, make a sense of fairness, live an optimistic life, and we will be the happiest people in the world.

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