REHABILITATION CENTRE FOR THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED

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1987-07
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IBRAHIM ALIYU,
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ABSTRACT The rampant occurrences of disabling conditions and the nature and extent these disabilities affect People has become a point of concern in the society. This is more disturbing when it's realized that day after day people are becoming more and more engulfed in this tragic situation as a result of congenital and physical factors. Yet, the manner in which society attempts to accommodate the disabled people is disheartening. This, coupled with lack of proper medical care and vocational opportunities has rendered them helpless, dejected and being looked down upon in the society. To fully reabsorb them into the mainstream line of life, opportunities for self-improvement and conducive environment need to be created. Rehabilitation can be defined as "a means Of working to find the best way of satisfying the most important needs of the disabled person towards his full integration into the society". According U.N.0's declaration on Human Rights, the term "Disabled person" means "any person who is unable to ensure by himself/herself wholly or partly, the necessities of a normal person as a result of defeciency either congenital or not, in
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thesis submitted to the Postgraduate School Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE. Department
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REHABILITATION, CENTRE, PHYSICALLY DISABLED,
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