Disability limitation is a mode of intervention that aims to interrupt the progression of disease and disability. It focuses on limiting the disability that results from an impairment or disease. The document defines key terms like impairment, disability, and handicap. Impairment refers to any abnormality of structure or function, disability is an inability to perform activities due to impairment, and handicap is disadvantages experienced as a result of disability. The goal of disability limitation is to prevent the transition from impairment to disability through early treatment and rehabilitation efforts.

1. DISABILITY LIMITATION

2. INTRODUCTION
 Disability limitation is a mode of intervention
 Intervention means ‘’any attempt to intervene or
interrupt the usual sequence in the development
of disease in man’’.

3. MODES OF INTERVENTION
1. Health promotion
2. Specific protection
3. Early diagnosis and treatment
4. Disability limitation
5. Rehabilitation

4. DISABILITY LIMITATION
CONCEPT OF DISABILITY
disease impairment disability
handicap

5. IMPAIRMENT
Any loss or abnormality of psychological or
physiological or anatomical structure or function
DISABILITY
 Because of impairment, the affected person
is unable to carry out certain activities considered
normal for his age, sex etc

6. HANDICAP
 As a result of disability, the person experiences
certain disadvantages in life
and is not able to discharge the obligations
required of him and play the role expected of him in
society

7. DISABILITY PREVENTION
 It relates to all the levels of prevention
1.reducing occurrence of impairment
2.disability limitation by treatment
3.prevent transition to disability

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