INTRODUCTIONWhen a person grows in the womb, they automatically possess unique gifts or talents that could potentially change the way they live. Blessed with all their beautiful bodily features that work towards perfection, love and acceptance from their families, peer groups and communities around them. They gain respect as individuals and can make their own decisions in life. However, this is not the case for all people. Some are born with one or no limbs and cannot function properly without assistance. Others with brain abnormalities, body disfigurements, and so on. Instead of earning the respect of their community, they are targets of alienation, abuse and social stigmatization. Disability is something they can't get rid of: it's a part of them. The main goal of disabled people is for their communities to accept them as “unique individuals”. DEFINITION OF DISABILITY Disability is best defined as a “state of being disabled; deprivation or lack of capacity; absence of physical, intellectual or moral power, means, fitness and the like” (Webster Multilingual Dictionary, 2006). Not all disabilities resulted in birth; accidents or illnesses are one of the other reasons. LEVETICUS 21:17-23: BIBLICAL CONCEPT How does the Bible interpret disability? In a passage called “Leviticus”, the Lord spoke: “Speak to Aaron, saying: No man of your descendants in subsequent generations, who has any defect, will be able to come near to offer the bread of his God. For no man who has some defect: the blind or the lame, who has a disfigured face or a broken hand, or is a hunchback or a dwarf, or a man who has a defect in the eye, or eczema or a scab, is a eunuch. No descendants of……middle of paper……m from the center because they felt he was of no use to him and his mother was home from the hospital to take care of him. Nick told staff he spends most of his time in the bedroom and is taken upstairs without a wheelchair. His social worker made many attempts to see Nick, but to no avail. Although the social worker and staff showed great concern for Nick's well-being, they could do nothing to assist him because he was no longer a minor and had to be the one to make a complaint about his care or request alternative living arrangements. the rules and regulations, some had to be broken in cases like this. It was as if the agency turned a blind eye to the situation or couldn't go beyond their job description. If organizations, bodies or families could or did not want to help them, who else could they turn to??
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