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Abstract (Original Language):
THE CONCEPT OF DISABILITY
The concept of disability differs from person to person and from survey and is
defined in different ways depending on the purpose in view. Generally speaking the
'physically handicapped' are the person who have completely lost the use or use or who
can make only a restricted use of one or more of their limbs, i.e. the total or partial
functional disablement. The term disabled suggests a person who falls short of normal
physical fitness. The three categories of physical disability are (a) blind, (b) deaf and
dumb, (c) crippled. These are defined as follows.
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