Some children are born with physical disabilities. They are either blind or deaf or in some way deformed from birth. They are the handicapped children. They deserve our special attention.
Up to recent times, little planned action was taken to fit the handicapped children in normal life. They were considered as a burden on the society and their families. They were looked upon as an object of pity. Very seriously thought that these handicapped children could also grow into useful members of the society. In spite of their physical disabilities, they might have the abilities in other directions.
Only during the last few decades has the society slowly come to acknowledge its responsibilities to the handicapped children. It is beginning to realize that handicapped children can be trained in several ways to play a part a useful part in economic as well as social life.
20………..are being observed as the year of the handicapped. It is hoped that the handicapped children will be given their due place in society. Their problems will be understood. Special institutions will be set up to make them self- reliant. They will be included in the mainstream of life and given to feeling that they are no longer unwanted.
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