Type of Disability Types of Disabilities In general

Type of Disability

Types of Disabilities • In general, we can divide the disabilities into the following types: • • • Mentally Retardation Visual Impaired Hearing Impaired Physically Handicapped Multiple Disability

• But in the broader sense, we can divide the disabilities, into the following categories. • Physical Disability • Sensory Disability – Visual Impairment – Hearing Impairment – Olfactory and Gustatory Impairment – Somatosensory Impairment – Balance Disorder • Intellectual Disability • Mental Health and Emotional Disabilities • Developmental Disability

• Physical Disability: Any impairment which limits the physical function or ability of the limb(s).

• Sensory Disability is Impairment of the senses. • Visual Impairment / Vision Impairment: Visual Impairment is the term experts use to describe any kind of vision loss, whether it's someone who cannot see at all or someone who has partial vision loss. i. e. Blindness: The persons with No Visual Function, i. e. no light perception. Low Vision: the persons having low visual function. The eye has different parts that work together to create our ability to see. When a part of the eye doesn’t work right or communicate well with the brain, vision is impaired.

• Hearing Impairment: • It includes people that are completely or partially deaf. • It is the conditions in which individuals are fully or partially unable to detect at least some frequencies of sound which can usually be heard by most people. • Olfactory and Gustatory Impairment: • It is the Impairment / defect in the sense of smell and taste. • Olfactory impairment refers to the loss of smell. Gustatory impairment refers to the loss of taste

• Somatosensory Impairment: • It refers to the sensations / feelings arising from the skin. • These sensations include the ability to feel light touch, discriminate temperature, identify an object through the sense of touch, discriminate the sharpness of an object, and the ability to feel pain.

• Balance Disorder: • A balance disorder is a disturbance that causes an individual unstable, for example when standing or walking. • A balance disorder is a condition that makes an individual feel unsteady or faint. • If someone is standing, sitting, or lying down, he/she might feel as if he/she is moving, spinning, or floating.

• Intellectual Disability: • Intellectual disability is a broad concept that ranges from mental retardation to cognitive deficits. • Mental Health and Emotional Disabilities: • A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual.

• Developmental Disability: • It is any disability that results in problems with growth and development.

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