People perceive disability as :
(A) Biologically given
(B) Linked with individual's self perception
(C) Seen as in need of help
(D) Seen as an untouchable
(E) Seen as victim
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (B), (C), (E) only
(A) Biologically given Correct. Disability is understood as a biological given, and whenever a disabled person faces problems, they are taken to arise from her or his impairment.
(B) Linked with individual’s self perception Correct. Disability is supposed to be linked with the disabled individual’s self perception.
(C) Seen as in need of help Correct. The very idea of disability suggests that disabled people are in need of help.
(D) Seen as an untouchable Incorrect. Untouchability is a caste practice: castes held to be ritually polluting are kept at a distance, and touching them is forbidden. It does not belong to the common perception of disability, in which the disabled person is pitied, not shunned as polluting.
(E) Seen as victim Correct. The disabled person is seen as a victim; labels such as bechara (poor thing) show this attitude.
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