Which of the following statements indicate that disability is a socia…

The correct answer is Option (1) → There are linkages between poverty and disability.

Option (1) There are linkages between poverty and disability. — Correct. Disability is a social category because society shapes it. Malnutrition, mothers weakened by frequent childbirth, poor immunisation and accidents in overcrowded homes make disability more common among the poor; and disability in turn deepens poverty. The link with poverty shows that disability comes from social conditions, not from the body alone.

Option (2) There are linkages between past life and disability. — Incorrect. Seeing disability as retribution for past karma is the common cultural view that treats it as the individual’s fate; it hides the social side instead of showing it.

Option (3) There are linkages between disability and climate change. — Incorrect. Disability is linked to social conditions, not climate change.

Option (4) There are linkages between individual ability and disability. — Incorrect. Looking at disability as a matter of the individual’s own ability is the view that it is essentially a characteristic of the individual — the opposite of treating it as a social category.