Understanding and Scouting With Physically Handicapped [Hardcover]

O.P. Goyal

ISBN 10: 8182051460 / ISBN 13: 9788182051461

Published by Isha Books, 2005

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Language: English. The term "disability" refers to a wide variety of conditions, including blindness, deafness, mental retardation, and mobility impairments. Some health professional also consider the term to encompass learning disabilities, mental illness such as autism, and chronic or longterm illness such as epilepsy, diabetes, cancer, or AIDS. The social, legal educational and ethical issues faced by different segments of disabled persons are elaborately described in the present volume. It gives practical advice to legal, professional and academic people to mainstream the disabled form their tragic conditions. It also provides guidelines to individuals with disabilities to enable them to raise selfconfidence, overcome challenges become the part of nation building. Besides disabled people, policy makers, academics, counsellors, social workers and teachers and trainers will find this work of utmost use. About The Author: O.P.Goyal secured his Ph.D in the year 1976 from Rajasthan University, Jaipur. Since then he has passed several milestones and achieved many kudos and award from various prestigious organizations. His major area of interest has been institution building in this regard he has been responsibly associated with the growth of Gurugobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi where he now holds the Position of the Dean Academic Affairs. Prior to that he was founder dean of school of management studies. He held various responsible positions in many prestigious institutions at different points of time. He got selected for American Biographical Institute s award of gold record of achievement for contribution in the field of management sciences and institution building in the year 1997. He has won several other honours and awards at national level. He has several published articles and papers to his credit, besides a text book titled Money, Banking and Public Finance in nine editions. Contents: Preface ? Introduction ? Societal Responses to Disability Grand Theory: A Phenomenon of Disability ? Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities ? Educating Children with Disabilities ? Monitoring the Handicapped ? Guidance and Counselling for Disabled Persons ? Role of UN in Mainstreaming Disabled ? Distribution of disabled Persons by Type of Disability (India/States/Union Territories/ Districts 2001). ? Bibliography ? Index The Title 'Understanding and Scouting With Physically Handicapped written/authored/edited by O.P. Goyal', published in the year 2005. The ISBN 9788182051461 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 340 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Isha Books. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Sociology. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol: 340.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding and Scouting With Physically Handicapped [Hardcover]
• Publisher: Isha Books
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8182051460
• ISBN 13: 9788182051461
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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The term disability refers to a wide variety of conditions, including blindness, deafness, mental retardation and mobility impairments. The social, legal and ethical issues faced by different segments of disabled persons are elaborately described in this volume.