Training Kit on How to Deal with People with Mobility Disabilities
The Concept of Disability
It is a deficiency or impairment of one of the body's organs or senses in performing the natural functions for which it was created, resulting from hereditary causes, acquired causes, illness, or various accidents.
Disability means having a total or partial deficiency, permanently or for a long period of a person's life, in one of the physical, sensory, mental, communicative, educational or psychological capacities, which causes the disabled person to be unable to meet the requirements of ordinary life and to depend on others to meet them, or which creates a need for a special device requiring special training or rehabilitation to use it properly.
Characteristics of People with Mobility Disabilities
People with mobility disabilities are distinguished by numerous characteristics that appear clearly in their behaviour and conduct, which lets others know that these people have an abnormal condition. Among the most important of these characteristics are:
Physical (bodily) characteristics:
Psychological characteristics
Educational and social characteristics
Their neurological characteristics
Their educational characteristics
Their vocational characteristics
Their training-related characteristics
University and educational institution staff, care and rehabilitation professionals, and customer service employees.