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Rehabilitation |
Rehabilitation is a process that assists people with disabilities to develop or strengthen their physical, mental and social skills. It includes all measures directed at reducing the impact of disabling and handicapping conditions and enabling the handicapped to achieve social independence. |
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Rehabilitative medicine |
Rehabilitative medicine is that aspect of medicine which includes the measures for training and retraining an individual to the highest possible level of functional ability |
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People who require rehabilitation |
• Handicapped •Aged •Destitutes •Drug addicts •Refugees •Street children , AIDS orphans•Motherless babies •People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) •People with psychiatric problems •Victims of injuries •Patients who suffered a stroke |
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Types of rehabilitation |
•Medical rehabilitation - focuses on restoration of function. •Vocational rehabilitation – restoration of capacity to earn a livelihood •Social rehabilitation –restoration of family and social relationships. •Psychological rehabilitation – restoration of personal dignity & confidence. |
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Examples of rehabilitation |
•Physiotherapy for stroke patients •Prosthesis for people with limb deformities •Change of occupation for a more suitable one. •Reconstructive surgery for leprosy Essentially, the purpose of rehabilitation to make productive people out of non-productive people. |
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The rehabilitation team |
•Physician •Case Manager •Nurse •Social worker •Physical Therapist •Occupational Therapist •Speech/Language Pathologist •Dietitian •Neuropsychologist ***********Ministry of health and social affairs |
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Education methods available for the handicapped |
There are methods available to them: 1. Open System :The children attend normal schools and are taught by special education teachers in certain subjects. They interact early and develop self esteem, have dignity and can be independent. This method also helps normal children to accept them. 2.Closed system : Handicapped children are sent to special schools e.g. school for the deaf , schools for the blind etc. e.g. School for the deaf Ijokodo, Christian Mission for the deaf, Jericho, Pacelli school for the blind Oshodi, pecial education Oji River 3. Midway House. These are normal schools with special section for handicapped children. E.g. Methodist High School, Bodija. |
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Special education facilities are provided by |
Provided by •The Federal and State governments •NGOs •Religious organizations •Various governmental and non-governmental organizations have established vocational training centres, special schools and homes for the disabled |
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Constraints in education for the handicapped |
•Acute shortage of special education teachers •Acute shortage of educational equipment e.g. Braille books, hearing aids. •Acute shortage of accommodation •Mainly located in the urban areas and in the southern part of the country •None co-operation of parents. Parents often neglect handicapped children |
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Institutions for the disabled |
As at 2002 there were 103 registered institutions in Nigeria providing special education for the disabled. These cater for the needs of children with different types of disabilities , although schools for the blind are the most common. |
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Vocational training |
Most of the handicapped children end their education at the primary school level and then go to vocational training centres where they learn trades like typing , basketry dressmaking, weaving, shoemaking, tie and dye etc for 6-15 months. This training usually takes place in either institutional or community based rehabilitation centres. The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Youth Development is responsible for this. |
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Problems encountered in vocational rehabilitation |
•Overcrowding •Insufficient numbers of qualified personnel •Poor funding •Mismanagement •Most of the vocational rehabilitation centres are dilapidated with poor living conditions. |
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Community based vocational rehabilitation |
Places of vocational employment are identified in their community or LGA They are apprenticed for two years and trained Loans are sourced for them and they are monitored to ensure that the loans are well utilized. |
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Employment for the handicapped |
•Self employed •Sheltered employment •Employment in government institutions or private businesses. •Community based vocational rehabilitation |
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Sheltered employment |
Handicapped people are employed by people who act as intermediaries to obtain contracts for to make items like shoes, hampers, adire etc, under supervision. They are paid for the work done irrespective of occasional absence Advantage – jobs can be done at home. |
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Problems of employment |
Graduates of the various rehabilitation centres have found it difficult to obtain employment, although the law requires that employers allocate 2 percent of staff position to disabled adults |
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Disability issues in Nigeria |
•Absence of disability discrimination laws or ? ??? enforcement •Lack of social protection •Poor understanding of disability issues by the public •Poor access to rehabilitation services •Public facilities designed without consideration for people with disabilities. (schools, offices, libraries, hospitals etc) |
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Recommendations |
•Improve the availability and quality of data on disability •Increase public awareness and understanding about disability •Involve people with disabilities •Strengthen and support research on disability •Improve human resource capacity •Invest in programmes and services for people with disabilities |
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Policy recommendations |
•Improved knowledge about the problem -on causes of abuse -impact of abuse -effect of interventions •Strengthening of laws and policies - strengthening of basic rights -addressing and changing abusive traditions •Identification of more effective prevention strategies |
