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NOT ALL DISABILITIES ARE VISIBLE

 INTERNATIONAL DAY of PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY, 3rd December, 2020.

  

   This year's theme," Not all disabilities are visible" motivates us to spread awareness and understanding of disabilities , not immediately apparent, such as mental illness, chronic pain, neurological disorder, cognitive disfunction , even.depression prime cause of disability. The invisible disabilities are of high risk of wellbeing of people specially during the trying time of covid19 pandemic, proves vulnerable as mental health is the indicator of physical well-being. WHO's report on disability makes healthcare professionals concern that 15 percent of the world's population are living with disability.

     During covid19 pandemic the people are suffering from anxiety, worry, uncertainty, fear , mental fatigue due to imprisonment within the four walls specially for the elderly people and children bear an impact on health status. The person affected by Corona virus feels loneliness separated from the nearest and dearest ones and at the time of death none will be present , the very thought accelerate the deterioration of the health. 

     So herein lies the pertinent role of palliative care to treat the person as a whole along with the medical treatment with compassion empathy and Love, to mitigate the total pain physical emotional social and economic and spiritual. 

     Let us take a pledge to regard the person with disability as HUMAN BEING and to be involved ourselves in spreading awareness. We must not look down upon, rather pay respect and honour to the persons with disabilities, may be called differently abled or special abled, doesn't matter at all.

Keywords: Disability, invisible, Palliative Care. 

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