31/10/2025
Causes of disability
1-Malnutrition
If the child doesn’t get proper nutrition, he gets physically weak. Deficiency of calcium leads to malformation of bones; deficiency of iodine leads to deficiency of thyroxine hormone which upsets the process of growth of the body.
Deficiency of vitamin ‘A’ can cause blindness in the children. Protein and energy malnutrition causes ‘Sukha Rog’ which causes physical and mental deficiency.
2-Before birth
During prenatal period an impact on mother’s womb can harm the child. If the mother gets infection or disease, the baby is also badly affected. During pregnancy if the mother suffers from any kind of nutritional deficiency, it can also lead to deficiency in the baby. As a result, the baby can be physically or mentally deficient.
3-Accident
Due to any accident the child can become disabled, e.g., road accident can cripple a child and he can get blind, deaf and dumb. Sometimes wrong medication can also cause such effects that may make the child permanently disabled
4-Hereditary factors
Sometimes children receive genes of disabilities or deficiencies from their parents. The child can be blind or deaf or dumb or mentally re****ed by birth.
