Disability and the Helping Profession

Disability and the Helping Profession

Disability

Disability is a result of a certain kind of impairment that may be of physical, cognitive, emotional, developmental etc. or any combination of these. However, a disability can either be from the birth or it can occur during the lifetime of a person. As a matter of fact, an individual qualifies the criteria of disability is he/she had any kind of impairment or perceived under the broad umbrella of disability based on specific societal norms or standards. In fact, many of the mental disorders such as those of psychiatric or related to social ...