Eyes on the future IN PERSPECTIVE The Government should address low vision problems in children. It is widely believed that there are over 120 million people worldwide with Low Vision (LV), a condition that cannot be corrected, cured or treated by conventional medicine or surgery. Over 90 per cent of these people with LV live [...]
Developmental Disabilities IN PERSPECTIVE For a long while, it was believed that people with DD were incapable of learning. Commonly known as mental retardation, Developmental Disabilities (DD) is a term used for a pattern of persistently slow learning of basic motor and language skills during childhood and significantly below-normal intellectual ability as an adult. One [...]
Mental Illness as Disability IN PERSPECTIVE The issue of mental illness needs to be brought to the centre stage. Worldwide, there are believed to be around 450 million people suffering from mental or behavioural disorders. 14 per cent of all global disease burden is attributed to mental disorders. There is one psychiatrist for 10,000 people [...]
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