Physical Education & Sports for Differently-Abled

Question

Explain the different type of disability with examples.

Answer

Physical disability: Due to any physical disadvantage an individual is not able to perform his daily life activities examples

  1. Blindness: Total absence of sight
  2. Partially blind: Very low vision
  3. Cerebral palsy: Abnormal motor control
  4. Hearing impairment: Loss of hearing

Cognitive disability: Due to any mental disadvantage an individual is not able to perform daily life activities examples.

Difficulty in a mental task such are learning counting, understanding of various words etc. due to a physiological cause.

Intellectual Disability: Due to mental disadvantage individuals is not able to perform various mental task & adaptative behaviour skill example.

Mental task: Learning problems, reasoning problems

Adaptative behaviour: Collection of social skills & conceptual skill.

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