Helping the Disabled and mentally disordered Children

Disabled people need just much care and respect as any other normal person demands ,from home ,the school and the community. Through applying methods discussed in the preceeding articles to help some of our disabled pupils.
A disabled person can be identified as one who has difficulty in hearing ,speaking ,seeing ,moving or learning.People who have fits and who behave strangely are
also classified as disabled.These people are hardly in problems of not doing the same tasks done by other people of the same age and sex, age ,walking ,eating ,drinking ,communicating ,looking after themselves , going to school ,taking part in family affairs or working for themselves.
These are the major reasons the disabled people need more help than normal people so that they can also live a normal life .They need education and training so that they can:
•able to move around wherever they want without much assistance.
•go to school to acquire useful skills and ideas which they can use to learn on their own.
•participate in family and community activities to help themselves and other family members as well as developing positive self-concept ,this is very important to fit well in any society .
The disabled people can able to live well and happily ,if these aims are fulfilled as they are less depend on help from other people.
Helping Mentally Disordered People: When a person is identified or suspected to be mentally disordered is detained for medical examinations ,the magistrate instruct the doctors to examine the patient of receiving such information.
The mentally disordered person can then sent to a institution specially for detaining
such people. In the case of being accused of commiting a crime many counties has legislation which prohit that patient to stand trial or conduct own defence.
A person who commits a crime while suffering from mental disorder is not sent to prison .There is provision for being give treatment to specialised institutions as authorised by laws.
In Zimbabwe for example a child suffering from intellectual retardation may be received and detained for purpose of treatment in an institution.
Mental health act (1976:228) "A person shall be regarded ... as suffering from intellectual retardation if s/he is of subnormal intelligence,has reduced capacity of learning or suffers an inability to cope with the accepted normal functions of the society."
The law also provides for the protection of property of mentally ill people when they are seen to unable to conduct their own affairs.Therefore the mentally disordered people ,whether old or young are protected by law. If this law is fully implemented to the children then then plight will be greatly alleviated. We must note that children need protection. It is an act of committing an offence if maltreating mentally handicapped children of any age.