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PHYSICAL DISABILITY

The term physical disability is used when the body works differently, making it more difficult to do the activities you would like to do:

  • A body part may be different or missing
  • Moving around is different or impaired
  • A condition or event causes the body to change.
Teenaged girl with olive skin and dark hair in ponytail sits laughing on blue sofa. Her arm is extended and fingers contracted.
WHAT CAUSES A PHYSICAL DISABILITY

Physical disability may be due to:

  • Physical differences from birth
  • Amputation
  • Injury
  • Differences in mobility due to illness or disease.
Girl wearing yeallow and white playing pool in a bar with friends. She sits in a wheelchair.
WHAT SUPPORT IS HELPFUL FOR DISABILITY 

The social model of disability tells us that it is not a person’s impairments that are disabling, rather that society is disabling the person. That the world wasn’t designed for people with disability, which is why things can be harder.

The support a person with physical disability may prefer varies greatly, based on their individual circumstances. A person with physical disability may:

  • Benefit from the use of a mobility aid like a wheelchair, mobility scooter, frame or walker
  • Utilise equipment to help daily living tasks, such as a hoist, reacher stick, lift chair
  • Experience pain or fatigue
  • Have modifications to make daily tasks easier
  • Use support from others for tasks and activities.

 

 

 

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