Desabilities in Society

Disability is that condition under which certain people have some physical, intellectual or sensory deficiency that in the long term affects the way they interact and participate fully in society. In most countries, people with disabilities can apply for recognition of their condition and a certificate of disability, which allows them to access a series of rights and prohibitions. In today's society there is a tendency to adapt the environment and public spaces to the needs of people with disabilities, in order to avoid social exclusion, since a disability is perceived as such, while the person is unable to interact by herself with her own environment. It was very interesting that each group made their presentation on different disabilities. In this way we have been able to expand our knowledge about each of them. Group one was tasked with researching about vision and hearing disabilities. Blindness is a sensory-type functional diversity that consists in the total or partial loss...

The history and documentation of visual impairments dates back to Biblical times. There are numerous references in the scriptures specific to blindness. These passages give us an insight into how visual impairments were perceived so many years ago. Clearly during this time, people with visual impairments were seen as helpless and dependent on others. The perception was that the cause of blindness could be attributed to the sin of the Father. It wasn't until 1260 that there is documentation that perceptions of people who were blind began to change. During this period there was no formal education available for those who were blind but some people developed their own literacy methods in clever ways. Some important historical events in the history of the field of visual impairments occurred. For example, the first school for the blind was established in Paris, France by Valentine Hauy in 1784. Forty-three years later, in 1827 James Gall publishes First Book for Teaching the Art of R...