COMPREHENSIVE REHABILITATION CENTRE (FOR PHYSICALLY DISABLED) BAUCHI
COMPREHENSIVE REHABILITATION CENTRE (FOR PHYSICALLY DISABLED) BAUCHI
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1986-08
Authors
YUNUSA, YAKUBU
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Abstract
The changing pattern of disabling conditions and
the alarming proportion with which the new forms of
disabilities affect people; from various ages, states,
and social classes, need to be considered with most
curiosity, And an urgent solution ought to be found.
"A person is said to be disabled if he is
permanently handicapped from functioning adequately as
a human being," The handicap may be physical, e.g.
blindness, paralysis, crippled, mental, e.g. mentally ill
and the maritally normal or social e.g. orphans.
Whatever, the kind of disability that affects an
individual or group of individuals. The society/
government which is fundamentally responsible for
caring of its governed, ought to device a means for
reducing the effect of the absurd conditions on whosoever
is effected. This could be done if opportunities
for self improvement, conducive environment and an
atmosphere of care and concern is created for the
disabled person.
Thanks in large part to high technology medicine,
few of us die of old-age anymore; or of what was once
called "Natural causes" rather we enter an increasingly
lengthy period of terminal stages of one or more
disorders; which results into a varied cases of physical
disabilities.
The high level of subceptibility of every living
human beings to these forms of disabling conditions, reminds
me of a popular television advertisement for a cigar;
in which the pitchman winks slyly at the audience and
says "we're gonna get to you" the television audience
may resist and reply "you are not going to get to me".
But such a response is not possible, when we talk of
physical disability.,
To think of physical disability as a problem that
only a limited number of people face is deceptive. While
at any given moment the number of physically disabled
people is finnete, in the long run everyone of us is
counted as one. But this seems to be a reality that we
never tire of denying. And it seems to be a denial that
cuts across all classes of people.
This sort of denial is likely to make all of us triply
cursed. First by denying the real economic, physical
and social deprivations, that inevitably accompany
aging and disability in our society, we feel like
"has been" and "less thans" when they eventually do
occur. Secondly by denying that it will happen to us
we lose the possibility of preparation.
The United nations in its proclamation for the
International Year for Disabled Persons (I.Y.D.P.)
has set aside, five principal objectives of the year.
The objectives include the following.
Helping disabled persons in their physical and
psychological adjustment to society.
Promoting all national and international efforts to
provide disabled persons that proper assistance, training
care and guidance, to make available opportunities for
suitable work and to ensure their full integration in
the society.
To encourage study and research projects designed to
facilitate the practical participation of the disabled
persons in daily life, for example by improving their
access to public buildings and transportation systems.
Educating and informing the public on the rights
od siabled persons to participate in and contribute to
various aspects of economic, social and political life.
Promotion of effective measures for the prevention
of disability and for the rehabilitation of the disabled.
In a nut-shell the International Year for the
Disabled Persons (IYDP) charter; categorised our roles
to the disabled persons into four aspects:- social
equality, prevention, integration and rehabilitation.
Rehabilitation could be said to mean "means of working
to find the best way of satisfying all of the important
needs of the handicapped person, towards his/her reintegration
into the mainstream of life.
Where, when and what is provided for rehabilitation
schemes is what this thesis is critical about.
Various governments, philanthropist organisations
and individuals have a lot of varying perceptions of
what a rehabilitation scheme ought to have, give and
take. Some look at it as a vocational institution, some
give health more emphasis others suggests education, All
the various views have relevance in a rehabilitation
programme. But the most common mistake, is providing
the facilities in isolation.
The provision of the above important units of
rehabilitation independently, is tantamount to relegating
the importance of one or the other. Therefore if a comprehensively
well articulated rehabilitation is to be
achieved. All the various arms must be brought
together optimally. This is the only way to awoid
the lapses of the single focus form or rehabilitation;
especially to the physically disabled.
It is the intention of this thesis to research into
the various components of different wings of rehabilitation
scheme and to look at them critically with the
intention of designing a comprehensive centre that will
contain all the essential needs of the rehabilitatees
(physically disabled) for guick and problem free
rehabilitation.
Description
A Thesis submitted to the Postgraduate
School, Ahmadu Bello University, in partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
Keywords
COMPREHENSIVE,, REHABILITATION,, CENTRE,, PHYSICALLY,, DISABLED,, BAUCHI