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Physical Disability

Physical disability
A person with physical disability is not able to execute distinctive activities associated with movement, both the person himself and objects. Such immobility, resulting from disorder of the muscular or skeletal system, may include disability resulting from injury or disease.
Types
Visual acuity of between 6/24 (20/70) and 6/60 in the better eye after correction.
1. Loss of parts of body
2. Paralysis without loss of body-parts
3. Joint disease
4. Bone disease: Osteogenesis imperfecta, scoliosis
5. Muscle disease
6. Neuro-muscular disabilities which incur a certain degree of physical disability
 
 muscular dystrophy
 paraplegias/tetraplegia
 poliomyelitis
 spina bifida
 stroke
 head injury
 
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 Last updated on 4 th  September  2006
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