About the Book

Concepts related to disability, rights and legal dimensions, psycho-social problems, magnitude, causes, changing life, additional area of disability, rehabilitation and other practical aspects of ensuring the best possible adjustment of disabled persons in new environment have been studied.

About Author

Dr A N Singh is the Chairman, Department of Social Work, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. His areas of special interest are: Family, Child, Youth, Disabled and Labour welfare. Dr. singh has worked in the National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD), and the Council for Social Development, New Delhi and was actively associated with various research programmes, seminars and training courses for the officers in the field of Child Welfare. Currently Dr. A N Singh is associated with professional bodies, academic committees, Govt. & voluntary organisations and research projects along with teaching and research guidance to university students. Besides this publication, Dr. Singh is the author of books entitled Community Organisation. Child Labour in India - A Socio-economic Perspective and a good number of research papers and articles published in various journals of eminence,

Contents

Preface, Introduction, Legal Dimension of Disability, Visual Disability, Speech & Hearing Disability, Physical and Crippling Disability, Mental Disability, Welfare Policy and Strategies for Rehabilitation, A Select Bibliography

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