Identify the common features central to the public perception of 'disability'.
(A) It is understood as a biological given.
(B) The disabled person is seen as a winner.
(C) The very idea of disability suggests that they are in need of help.
(D) Disability is supposed to be linked with the disabled individual’s self perception.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (C), (D) Only
(A) It is understood as a biological given. Correct. The public sees disability as a biological given, something in the body, and assumes that every problem a disabled person faces comes from the impairment itself.
(B) The disabled person is seen as a winner. Incorrect. The public perception is the opposite: the disabled person is seen as a victim, not as a winner.
(C) The very idea of disability suggests that they are in need of help. Correct. This is one of the common features of the public perception: the very idea of disability suggests that they are in need of help, as if the disabled could not manage on their own.
(D) Disability is supposed to be linked with the disabled individual’s self perception. Correct. Disability is also supposed to be linked with the disabled individual’s self perception, that is, with how the person sees himself or herself.
NCERT (2025-26): “5.4 The Struggles of the Disabled … Here are some common features central to the public perception of ‘diability’ all over the world —
|