Countries with institutions on social security are one and the same in considering the following disabilities to be given benefits (in alphabetical order) –
ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Alcohol or Drug Addiction
Allergies
Alopecia areata
Amputation
Anxiety Disorder
Arthritis
Asthma
Autism and Asperger’s
Bipolar Disorder
Burn Injury
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Celiac disease
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Chronic Migraines
Chronic Pain
Cleft lip and palate
COPD and Emphysema
Coronary Artery Disease
Crohn’s Disease
Crohn’s disease
Cystic fibrosis
Degenerative Disc Disease
Depression
Diabetes
Disorders of the Spine
Dwarfism
Dyscalculia
Eating disorders
Eczema
Endometriosis
Epilepsy
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Fibromyalgia
GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)
Gout
Growth hormone deficiency
Hearing Loss
Heart Failure
Hepatitis
High Blood Pressure
HIV/AIDS
Huntington’s disease
Inflammatory bowel disease
Interstitial Cystitis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Kidney Failure
Lactose intolerance
Liver Disease
Lupus, or systemic lupus erythmaosus
Lyme Disease
Mono(nucleosis)
Multiple sclerosis (MS)
Muscular dystrophy
Narcolepsy
Neuropathy, Peripheral Neuropathy
Obesity
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Organic Mental Disorders (incuding Organic Brain Syndrome)
Panic Attacks
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
Psorias
PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Rheumatoid Arthritis
RSD, or Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Ruptured Disc
Schizophrenia
Scleroderma
Scoliosis
Seizure Disorder
Sickle cell anemia
Sleep Apnea
Spina bifida
Spinal cord injury
Stroke (CVA, Cerebrovascular Accident)
Thyroid disease
Tourette syndrome
Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI
Turner syndrome
Ulcerative Colitis
Ulcerative colitis
Ulcers
Vision Loss
Williams syndrome
There are disabilities, though, that are “invisible.” Examples of these are renal failure, agoraphobia, arachnoiditis, Coeliac Disease, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Fructose Malabsorption, Hyperhidrosis, Hypoglycemia, Interstitial Cystitis, Myasthenia Gravis, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Schnitzler’s Syndrome, Scleroderma, Sjagren’s syndrome, Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, and Transverse Myelitis.
It is, thus, necessary, beneficial, and practicable to integrate special education (SPED) in the basic and secondary curriculum of every country.
One doesn’t have to finish grade school and high school first before being given the option to study SPED.
A certain illness could be discovered and considered a disability at any given moment, too.
SPED would be the saying “prevention is better than cure” practiced.
Currently, 19% of the less educated people have disabilities1. Eighty percent of the PWDs, too, live in developing countries2.
Disability rates are significantly higher, too, among the member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) with lower educational attainment.
“We have a responsibility to ensure that every individual has the opportunity to receive a high-quality education, from prekindergarten to elementary and secondary, to special education, to technical and higher education and beyond.” ~ Jim Jeffords
1 Based on the information collated by the United Nations
2 Based on the information collated by the UN Development Programme
Video from the YouTube Cannel of Julia Davila
