Which of the following statements denotes commonsensical perception o…

The correct answer is Option (2) → It is biologically given.

Option (1) It is socially constructed. — Incorrect. This is the sociological view that questions common sense: people are rendered disabled not by their bodies but by society, for example by buildings not designed to admit them, which then limits their education and jobs.

Option (2) It is biologically given. — Correct. The first of the common features of the public perception of disability all over the world is that disability is understood as a biological given, something in the body of the person. Other features follow from it: the problems are traced to the impairment, the person is seen as a victim in need of help.

Option (3) It is linked with poverty. — Incorrect. The close relationship between disability and poverty is another dimension of its social construction: malnutrition, weak mothers and poor immunisation make disability more common among the poor, and disability deepens poverty. It is a sociological finding, not the everyday perception.

Option (4) It must be part of educational discourse. — Incorrect. This is a demand for change. Recognition of disability is in fact absent from the wider educational discourse, which keeps separate streams for disabled students; common sense does not see it as part of education at all.