Educating Children With Disabilities - Study Of A Special School In Rural North Kerala

Abstract

The International classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) has defined disability as a limitation in functional domain that arises from the interaction between a person's intrinsic capacity and environmental and personal factors. According to the Census of India 2011 there are 2.6 crores disabled people n India. Education of disabled in India: It is estimated that the number of children of school going age who suffer from disabilities is more than 20 million.. Aims and objectives of the study: To study the academic skills of the students To study the self help skills of the students. Materials and Methods: the study was conducted at the Prateeksha Special school in Mukkam Municipality. All the students enrolled in Pratheeksha special school in the year 2016 were included. Results: out of the 74 students examined 55.4% of the students had mental retardation, 21.6% had Down's syndrome, 6.8% had cerebal palsy and learning disabilities. 40% of the students had behavioural problems. Discussion: the formation of mentally retarded children's self care skills does not occur spontaneously. Training of such skills is the work of specialists and parents. Conclusion: the magnitude of disability in India is large.A comprehensive rehabilitation program has to be developed for the welfare of the disabled millions. Conflict of interest-nil