Today I will try to find out the 'exact' meaning of the word called 'Disability' . So what do you mean by disability? What comes in your mind whenever you hear the word disability???
Very often, people associate this word with persons who are physically or mentally challenged .But is it what we call disability ? Shouldn't we think again about the 'exact' definition of this word from a different prospective ? lets try......
Very often, people associate this word with persons who are physically or mentally challenged .But is it what we call disability ? Shouldn't we think again about the 'exact' definition of this word from a different prospective ? lets try......
Oxford Dictionary define disability as:
- A physical or mental condition that limits a person's movement .
- A disadvantage.
According to me , the first definition dose not define the word clearly as it is stating the common prospective which people have about disability .The second definition looks more convincing to me. Now let us break the word' 'disabled' and try to find out its meaning . Dis- able, according to me means the lack of ability of doing something . Now going by this definition , each and every person in this world is disabled. For example- If one can't sing or dance , he or she is disabled in that. Similarly, if one is weak or can't play a particular sport or a musical instrument, then he or she is disabled in that .
Moreover, each and every person is not perfect in each and every thing and one has to work hard in his or her field of interest with great determination to achieve their goals .
The difference between these types of disabilities and physical or mental disabilities is that, the former type of disabilities are temporary which are not life long and can be cured easily, whereas the latter form of disabilities are life long and sometime permanent in nature. But I think that these disabilities can also be cured easily by great determination and will power.It may take some time, but in the end, the success will be yours :) According to me, people with disability can be divided into Three broad categories;
- Physically challenged
- Mentally challenged
- Disabled by Thoughts.....
....... And I am sure that you will encounter more people with Third type of disability than the first two, as it refers to those people who thinks that people with disabilities cannot succeed in lives and cannot compete with normal people and looks at them as if they have come from Mars.
So we should always help the people with disability ( especially people suffering severely from Third type of disability) so that they can overcome it and go on to lead a normal life :)
So to say, Disability is not limited to Physical or Mental disability, but it has much more meaning than that . And I am sure that one day, the God has to listen to these hard workers and grant them what they want :)
