International day for people with Disability

The world disability day or International day for Disabled people is observed on 3rd of December every year throughout the world.

The main objective behind the celebration of this day is to draw the attention of the government and the society more towards the disabled community.

Apart from this, the day also inspires the peoples to break their barriers and to unify with the existing world of social life whereas for the general public or the abled catagory to Express it's fallowship with the handicapped community.

The handicapped people are also into self-employment-ventures where they are assisted by the National Handicapped Financial Development Corporation by the Ministry of Social Justice.

This is mainly to help these people to be independent than being dependent on others which will in turn improve or motivate their self confidence.

The Social Justice Ministry recently formulated a scheme of Nirmaya.

Under this scheme, free insurance coverage is made available to the mentally handicapped people.

Ayurvedic perspective on disability:

They include many abnormalities inherited from mother’s or father’s side like cerebral palsy.

Also termed brain paralysis, the condition affects movement as well as survival of the child.

Ayurveda can be resorted to for helping the patient overcome the physical disability.

Though a full cure will not be possible, the issues related to movement can be solved.

Along with it, the mental capabilities can be improved.

The treatment will be modified according to the degree of disability. Methods include ‘abhyangam’, navarakizhi’ and ‘pizhichil’. For ailment related to the head, ‘thalam’, ‘thalapothichil’ may be resorted to.

For better results, long-term treatment has to be carried out.

Ayurveda generally classifies physical disabilities into seven categories:

Sahajam: Congenital abnormalities.
Garbhajam: Deformities that have their origin in the womb.
Jathajam: Those which are the result of bad habits
Peedhajam: Imperfections caused by wounds, fractures and other injuries.
Kalajam: Abnormalities caused by change of weather.
Prabhavajam: Those which have appeared due to the failure of the individuals to carry out their regular tasks.
Swabhavajam: Imperfections caused naturally.

Celebration of international day for Disabled person:

As a part of celebration on this day various awards are given for the empowered disabled people instituted by the government.

The basic idea behind this is that achievementsof the awardees would inspire and encourage others to dedicate themselves towards the cause of the empowerment of persons with disabilitiesand also to recognize those who have helped the persons with disabilitiesto lead a better life through their sincere and dedicated service.

These awards are given since 1965 both for the disabled people and those who excel for the welfare of the disabled community.

There are number of cultural programme organized for the disabled community by various organizations.

There are Posters, booklets, etc. for the public awareness on the world disabled day..

Hope that my this article will inspire people to do something great for Disabled person ( actually they are not Disabled, because ability is hidden in word disability!! So they needs just support from us..).

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International day for people with Disability