What Is the Difference Between Impairment, Disability, and Handicap?

Disability, full name "Persons with Disabilities", due to severe disability or severe disability, severe physical and mental dysfunction, not only cannot take care of one's personal life, but also affects participation in social life and work. Refers to a person with a severe degree of physical loss of partial or complete physiological function.

Handicapped

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HANDICAP

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We need to care about children with intellectual disabilities.

Introduction to the Disability Association

Beijing Yineng Yexing Disability Research Institute is a non-governmental organization registered in business registration in October 2009. It focuses on the social work of disability and disability laws, and is committed to "promoting the rights of persons with disabilities and practicing the concept of autonomous living". "Consulting, training, advocacy, research" is the main working method. Currently, it mainly conducts "research projects for blind masseurs", "legal services for the disabled" and "accessible leisure projects".

Disability English Introduction

Enable Disability Studies Institute is a non-governmental organization (NGO) registered in Administration for Industry and Commerce. Focusing on the social work and legal support for PWDs, it is dedicated to promoting Convention on the Rights of PWDs, and practicing the concept of autonomic life "." Consultation, training, initiative and research "constitutes its main working methods.

EDSI is co-founded by Zhang Wei (Ph.D. of Disability Law of Heidelberg University), Yang Bing (Master of Law, Lawyer) and Wang Hui (Master of Social Work, Journalist) in November, 2009. It has 8 full -time staff at present.

EDSI commits itself to becoming a supportive NGO in Chinese disability field. It pursues a way of developing research through service and improving service through research to promote the development of disability field and facilitate the realization of the rights of PWDs.

Currently, the institute is launching Legal Service Project, Barrier-free Leisure Project, Company Plan for the Growth of Youth With Disabilities, and Project for PWDs Economic Environment Improvement.