INTEGRATION OF HANDICAPPED PERSON INTO THE SOCIETY

The social integration of handicapped persons depends of where they live; why? Because the more development the country, the person will have more possibilities to integrate into the society. The following comparative can clear that idea:


If we see an industrialized country, like EE.UU, Italy or Germany, we can see the cities have been built without obstacles in their streets because there are ramps for persons in wheel chairs, sonorous traffic lights for blind persons, signposting for deaf persons, busses adapted for persons with some physical limitation.  Apart from that, the laws have planned for handicapped persons  and give more benefits at this persons than persons without some disability. And finally, an important aspect is, in developed societies (in industrialized countries) the people coexist  with another people no matter your ability or disability.

But if we see an underdeveloped country like Colombia, Peru o some country in Latin America, we can see the cities have not been built for persons with some physical disability, because the architecture and the structure of this cities have not planned for all people. In these countries, we can see a person in a wheel chair in a middle of the street between cars and trucks risking their life, because the sidewalk has not designed for a handicapped person, that situation because the sidewalk has not built for all people no matter their physical abilities or disabilities.  Similarly, the transport system have not designed to transport persons with some physical disability- for example, in Colombia is impossible that some people in wheel chair take a bus, because the wheel chair won´t go through the door- therefore, for handicapped persons, sometimes is difficult leave their homes; also, in this countries, the laws give little benefits to handicapped person.

In some underdeveloped countries, like Colombia, some natives tribes, the child with some handicap or disability are abandoned by their parents, because they (the parents), believe that the handicap or disability is like a punishment of some god.

The previous comparative allow us suppose, if a handicapped person life in an industrialized country is easier be incorporated into the society than a handicapped person that life in an underdeveloped country, because the architecture, transport systems, structure and especially the culture of industrialized countries make possible that integration and have been planed for all the people, ability or disability.  For example: In Europe, a person in wheel chair, leaves home and immediately takes a bus adapted with a ramp, after, arrives at its destination and can moves easily on the sidewalk . But this routine doesn´t possible for a handicapped person in an underdeveloped country, because the architecture, the transportation systems and the culture is this countries aren´t ready to interact and coexist with a “different” person, and this countries the handicapped persons in many cases are reject and excluded because their disability.

CONCLUSION

In industrialized countries is easier to incorporate into the society the handicapped persons than in underdeveloped countries, because the culture and the society in industrialized countries have an open mind to coexist and accept to people no matter their abilities or disabilities.