Correct Answer - Option 4 : I, II and III
Children with disabilities are at risk for education due to their problems in learning the academic skills. Depending on the kind of disability children will face problems in the school. Let us briefly look into the categories of such disabilities which are posing a threat to children in the process of their education.
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Physical deviations – difficulty in movement either gross or fine is observed among many children in the school-going age. It may be due to orthopedical, neurological and muscular conditions leading to difficulty in coordination of the body parts. It leads to mild to severe problems for children in the school.
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Sensory impairment – we have come across children in schools who have hearing and visual impairment. These problems range from mild to severe making it very difficult to cope in the classroom. Partial sightedness and mild hearing impairment also have lots of educational implications.
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Problem with language and communication – some children outwardly look similar to their age mates. But they will have major problems with understanding and/or expressing through appropriate language. Such children face problems with academic and non-academic activities of the school.
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Children having cognitive and/or learning disabilities – Children having different degrees of mental retardation struggle to master the minimum requirement of the classroom due to their restricted cognitive capacity to learn.
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Children with social, emotional and behavioural disorders – there are certain disorders where children find it very difficult to attend to the tasks in the classroom.
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Health problems – The variety of situations posed by the illness is serious cause for concern. Childhood diabetes, arthritis, epilepsy, malnutrition leading to general weakness are some of the commonly observed conditions in the elementary school age.
Hence, all the above points are some of the disabilities that can pose a threat to children in the process of their education.
