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HUMA237 Physical Disability Issues

10 cp
Prerequisites Nil
Teaching Organisation Each semester is twelve weeks in length and is taught by distance education.

This unit examines the aetiology and lifestyle implications of physical disability. The unit will provide students with the opportunity to examine the basic physiology of the body and the impact that levels of impairment may have on the functions of the body. Historical and current community perceptions of physical disability and the impact that these perceptions have on the lifestyle options available for people with physical disabilities will be studied as well as some of the practical supports and aids that are available for people with a physical disability. The unit also examine barriers for people with physical disabilities including community attitudes, access, transport, restrictions of support systems and the cost implications of having a physical disability.

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