Availability of Assistive Devices for Differently Abled Students in Schools of Bhopal

Abstract

In the Indian education system, nowadays inclusive education is a significant component. Many initiatives have been undertaken to improve the overall development of differently abled students in special schools in India. Now this is the time to give importance for individuals with disabilities or with special needs to learn together with normal students in the schools. This concept has come from the idea of social justice which demands that all individuals have human rights without any discrimination. Differently abled children have the right to education as they are also the future responsible citizens of this country. “Disability” is complex and multi-dimensional. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) of the World Health Organization (WHO, 2011) defines it as an “umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions”. According to this definition, disability results from the negative interaction between an individual with a health condition and that individual's contextual factors (EPRS, 2015).