E-tivity 1.1: Forum activity for Unit 1

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Discuss on the following topics:

1. Using relevant examples, explain the relationship between impairment and disability.

2. Using relevant examples, explain how environment determines the process of handicap production.

Post your ideas first and then react on your colleagues' answers (Do you agree or disagree with them?).

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by Vincent Misigaro -
1. the relationship between impairment and disability is; when a person made an accident and his/her body part lost or damaged. that's impairment but when loss or damage of his/her body part lead to reduced or lost of functional ability. that's disability and it related to impairment as the cause of that disability.

2. environment play a great role in handicapping disabled person, for example kalisa has walking disability due to accident had done and left his leg impaired. After this he got a wheelchair but he can't drive this wheelchair due to malpractice road in his village. here environment is handicapping Kalisa.


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by Jacqueline Uwihanganye -
1. impairment refers to a problem with a structure or organ of the body; disability is a functional limitation with regard to a particular activity those are related because when someone has impairment can faced with limitation on her/his work this is cause the disability for example if a person has a physical impairement of leg and he/she can not run cause of this impairement this will produce disability.
2. environment determines the process of handicap production because when someone whith impairement and can not fullfill a normal life for example a person with physical impairement of leg and environment not offered canes for this person this will produce handicup.

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by Marie Reine Benimana -


1. Impairment refer to the loss/ damage of person s body or organ part function can provoke to disabilities
The relationship between impairment and disabilities When Dusabe was 6 years old suffered from a disease that make him eyes impairment to the 9years old The relationship is where the eyes impairment provoked to blindness disabilities where Dusabe does not ability to walk and see without aids.

2.The environment determinate the process of handicap production for example of this case of Dusabe’s of eyes impairement and blindness disabilitie , the environment become obstacle when from their home to go of school, it is long distance and Dusabe does not have white cane to support of walking.

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