Child disability means the non functioning of an organ due to some disease or malnutrition in a child. In India it is a common problem in children due to the parental illiteracy. Some other common causes are improper vaccination and lack of vaccination centers in India. Food also plays a vital role in prevention of child disabilities. During pregnancy if the mother does not take proper diet it also leads to disability in the new born child. After birth if the new born child is not fed with the mother’s milk it leads to the weakening of immune system letting the child to become prone to diseases thus leading to disabilities.
Polio is the major disease which makes a child disable. Polio is caused due to the virus called ‘enterovirus’ and it can be prevented by giving polio drops to small children.
Another major disability is caused due to the lack of mental level of a child. These kind of children are called ‘Mentally retarded’ children. It is caused due to lack of nutrition in mother while she is pregnant. This leads to the formation of improper genes in the foetus leading to underdevelopment of brain. So the born child borns with a weaker brain compared to normal children. The Indian government is running programs like ‘Mid Day meal’ to overcome this problem in children who go to schools. Poverty plays a big role for forming disabilities in children as their parents cannot provide nutritious food to their kids which leads to diseases and weakening of immune system in children.
There are other major factors which leads to disability in children. Some are due to accidents which happens at home like shock from electricity, falling from bed while sleeping, slipping from the stairs, beatings by parents, burns from stoves etc. It is well said that if you want to make a strong nation you have to make the youth of that nation strong. Keeping this in mind we should take care of our young ones and provide them with proper vaccination, nutritious food and essential education given at proper time.
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