The accurate meaning of disability differs person to person, for someone it may be the condition of inactiveness of the body organ, someone may consider it as a form of emotional, mental, or physical handicap that restrict him to act normally, for someone it may be the result of accidents that could damage the body part. Some people are born with such afflictions like cerebral palsy, spina, blindness, body morbidity, hearing impairments, etc. Therefore, it has no straight definition but you can say it refers to the specific condition under which one cannot act as a normal person.
There are millions of people who are infected with different disease like syndromes and unable to execute their normal works. And according to the World Health Organization (WHO), �Disabilities is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. An impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life situations. Thus disability is a complex phenomenon, reflecting an interaction between features of a person’s body and features of the society in which he or she lives.�
As the above definition clarifies, one can witness that disability can be of both kinds mental as well physical. In any case people would suffer to perform their normal works. And to compensate the dent caused by disability they require some external support may from family members, from society or from government. Seeing the intensity of this stigma, Canadian government has been providing some direct and indirect assistance to the needy people. There are certain beneficial schemes for the disabled people to uplift their condition and to include them in the mainstream. Schemes like disability tax credits are much popular among the people.
To avail these beneficiary schemes, people have to prove their eligibility first and have to entertain whatever criteria required by the government. Sometime due to lack of proper information, even eligible people get eliminated from the criteria. In this regard you can consult a counseling authority to get adequate guidance. They are ready to provide you proper guidance and expert advice necessary to consider while availing government’s plans. Even you can find them online to see what sorts of disability you have (if any) and how you can receive the benefits in a comfortable way.
