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REHABILITATION OF DISABLED CHILDREN (VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN)

REHABILITATION OF DISABLED CHILDREN

While we all understand the importance of prevention of disability; on the other hand it is very important to understand the importance of the process of rehabilitation of a disabled child, as this alone will help him join the community as one of its productive members.

There are few points that the parents/care giver must keep in mind while dealing with a disabled child.

These are enumerated as follows:

- Parents may be highly upset to discover that their child is disabled but to ensure that the child gets the best possible care they must go in for counseling and learn to accept their child's disability. This is the first and most important step in the rehabilitation of disabled child.

REHABILITATION OF DISABLED CHILDREN

- As soon as the disability is detected, medical investigation must be undertaken at the earliest to discover both the extents of disability and medical intervention possible to reverse the disability.

- One must deal with the child as normally as possible, encouraging him to carry out all the normal activities to the extent possible. Care should be taken by the parents not to emotionally or psychologically cause stress in the child.

- The functional assessment of the child's visual impairment must be undertaken by trained rehabilitation personnel to estimate his level of ability and functioning.