Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Deepika Vig ¹, Jaskeerat Kaur ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, IN

Abstract

India has earned a notorious global reputation for hypocritical piety and institutionalised neglect of the poor and disadvantaged. It has been estimated that 90 percent of India's estimated 40 million children aged 4-16 years with physical and mental disabilities are out of school and majority of them are out of schools not out of choice but because callous school managements and over-anxious parents of abled children in a travesty of humanity and social justice have consistently discouraged them from entering the nation's classrooms. Education is a fundamental human right of every child. Governments across the globe are deliberating on workable policies and practices to make education for all a reality within 2015. It is also an attempt to provide an opportunity for improving human capabilities of all children. It's time that government agencies as well as mainstream institutions woke up to the reality that segregation of children is morally unjustifiable and a violation of human rights. Special schools are dead ends for special needs children. They promote isolation, alienation and social exclusion. It is this dominant attitude of exclusion which needs to be changed to build harmomous and compassionate societies. The inclusion of disabled children in to main-stream schools will inevitably result in their acceptance into society and also within their own families many of whom still hide away children with disabilities. If all children grow up together there is less likelihood of resistance towards and ostracism of the disabled.

Keywords

Inclusive Education, Children with Special Needs.

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Jaskeerat Kaur ¹, Deepika Vig ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, PAU, Ludhiana, IN

Abstract

Adolescence is defined as the stage of life when individuals reach sexual maturity and experience a change in their physical, social, and emotional aspects of life. In order to effectively deal with this transition, they require information and a clear picture of their bodily changes to prevent them from physical problems, guilt, ambiguity, and confusion. There are many health concerns that adolescents have to face during their adolescence. For example: precocious puberty, eating disorders, sexually transmitted diseases, teenage pregnancies and mental health problems. Here are some facts and fallacies about adolescents' health concerns.

Keywords

Adolescents Health Concern.

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