Category: Articles
THE INSIDER – OUTSIDER DISTINCTION IN THE CONTEXT OF PWDs
Nasir Sulman, Ph.D Department of Special Education University of Karachi What does it mean to be an insider or an outsider? The terms insider and outsider generally refer to people’s relation to particular socio-cultural spaces. An INSIDER is usually someone who ‘belongs’ and is mentally and bodily attuned to a specific socio-cultural space. His or her […]
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Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS): A Step Toward Civilization
Prof. Dr. Nasir Sulman University of Karachi A major change in urban form has taken place in the last half of the 20th Century. The decentralization of cities has meant that not only do people move further away from the urban center but also that many jobs have followed into less dense areas which are […]
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Becoming a Special Education Teacher
Dr. Nasir Sulman Department of Special Education University of Karachi What Does A Special Education Do? Beethoven was deaf. Helen Keller was blind. And none other than Albert Einstein had Asperger’s syndrome. Along with their disabilities, these historical figures had at least one other thing in common: They had great teachers. Employed by schools at […]
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NAIL BITING
Dr. Nasir Sulman Associate Professor Department of Special Education University of Karachi INTRODUCTION: Nail biting is the habit of biting one’s fingernails or toenails during periods of nervousness, stress, hunger, or boredom. It can also be a sign of mental or emotional disorder. The clinical name for nail biting is chronic onychophagia. It occurs in: […]
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EARLY INTERVENTION FOR HEARING IMPAIRED CHILD
Author: Robina Naqvi Designation: Headmistress Govt. Special education center Bosan Town Multan EARLY INTERVENTION FOR HEARING IMPAIRED CHILD AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND THEIR HEARING IMPAIRED CHILDREN PLAYS AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL GROWTH OF CHILD Introduction The world-wide progress has bought tremendous change in innovation and advancement in hearing technology, early […]
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Including Women with Disabilities in the Feminist Agenda
Nasir Sulman, Ph.D Department of Special Education University of Karachi People with disabilities face many obstacles in their struggle for equality. Although men and women with disabilities are subject to discrimination because of their disabilities, women with disabilities are at a further disadvantage because of the combined discrimination based on gender and discrimination based on […]
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‘I HAD BEEN MURDERED FREQUENTLY BUT I HAD TO BE COMPELLED TO SAY I HAD NEVER BEEN MURDERED’
Muhammad Sajjad Haider, Vehari I conceived this phrase when an embodiment of normalcy attacked on me injecting a castrating drug on my penile area. I was shocked, I was broken, and I was in a state of astonishment. Misfortunately, after this incident I was feeling myself incarcerated into the cell of my disability which was […]
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A ROAD TOWARDS DISABILITY LAW REFORMS IN PAKISTAN
By Omer Pervaiz MalikAdvocate High CourtPresident HEERA BACKGROUND Person with disabilities are the most misunderstood community among the vulnerable group in Pakistan. Since the creation of Pakistan disabled persons has never been discussed in the parliament before 1981. In 1981 Zia-ul-Haq took the first initiative towards the legal rights of person with disabilities and […]
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Communication Problems Associated with Cleft Lip/Palate
Prof. Dr. Nasir Sulman Department of Special Education University of Karachi Speech and language difficulties are potentially disabling on two grounds; first, the communication impairment in itself, and, secondly, because this frequently leads to and/or is concurrent with psychosocial problems which involve low self-esteem, bullying and, hence, further deterioration in communication. These problems can have […]
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Dream come true
Emergency Services in Pakistan It was towards the end of last century that luckily while working for change of rules for provision of facilities for accident victims with “Association of Road Users of Pakistan (ARUP)” at Karachi met the CEO of Institute of Safety & Human Factor (ISHF). He had been given the task of […]
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