World Disabled Day

Introduction 

What disability is all about? 

"Disability" means the lack of ability to perform an action in a manner that is considered to be normal." 

"A disability is the expression of a physical or mental limitation from a social perspective- the gap between a person's capabilities and the demands of the environment." 

A person with disabilities means who, because of injury, disease, or congenital deformity, is handicapped in a task any profitable profession or employment, and includes persons who are visually impaired too. In short, Remarkable people are those, who either lack one of the areas of development. 

"Disability refers to the impact of impairment upon the performances or activities commonly accepted as the basic elements of everyday living. Disability can be used when impairment, factually defined, constitutes a limitation to mobility, domestic routines or the occupational and might be communicational skills." 

According to the social model

"Disability is the outcome of the interaction of person and their environment and as a result is neither person nor environment specific". 

Remember that physically disabled, blind/partially sighted, hearing impaired, autism, speech impairment, learning disabled, mild, moderate, severe, profound, borderline, etc., are some of the leading categories of the Disabled people out of many others. Persons with disabilities are mostly hidden, unheard and uncounted persons globally especially in Pakistan. They are the most marginalized group. Persons with special needs face prodigious obstructions in education, skills development, and routine daily life. 

The United Nations estimates that some 600 million people globally have a disability and that the huge majority of disabled people live in low and middle-income countries. The proportion of Disabilities people in Pakistan as per census 1998 is 2.49 percent of the total population, which is somewhat varied from the estimates of the World Bank, UN, and WHO. 

These children have equal right to freedom of expression, quality education and have access to a safe and healthy environment; in keeping with the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973; to have full rights and obligations as citizens as confirmed in; the UN Declaration of Human Rights, 1948, on Education for All (1990), UN Standard Rules on Equalization of Opportunities of Persons with Disabilities (1993).

On the other hand, these claims proved to be untrue when disable people raised their voice through media that how inhumanly they are being treated in Pakistani society, especially when the blind disabled people protest on the streets for their basic rights, the administration was treated badly with them. Example: To get a quality education is the right for every disable, on the other hand still; no schools, colleges, and universities have been arranged by the government to indulge their necessities. Appreciations to the private NGOs, who took an initiative and established few schools for the students with special needs. 

The major barrier to employment and other socio-economic benefits for persons with disabilities in our society continues to be attitudinal hurdles; stereotypical thinking and notion about what people with disabilities can and cannot do. The truth is that the range of abilities of persons within any Disabilities group is massive. We need to get rid of our stereotypical images and view each "individual" as just that "an individual and common human being". 

I cannot do all alone; however, at least, I have brought a little change in their lives, which is a great remuneration for me. The difficulties, which need to be resolved exclusively, could only be possible if the societies will join their hands together for the welfare of disabled people.

• Media should take an initiative to talk over their problems to create awareness among the common people
• Wide-ranging education should be made compulsory in every school as part of their curriculum.
• An awareness campaign for students' parents' teachers' should be raised in every community.
• Job opportunities must be provided to people with disabilities
• Their needs should be addressed.
• Awareness should be made through telecasting stage shows and drama on their problems.
• They should not be called special.
• Competition should be raised in every community for younger students to make them aware of their rights.
• They must get the right to study in normal schools with special needs.
• The government should set up a new curriculum for them.
• Psychological testing should be made compulsory to identify their needs and areas of development.
• They must develop workplace opportunities, which is a lack in Pakistan. They must get jobs in government institutions as well.