“Disabled Children and their Impact on Family” A Sociological Study with Special Reference to District Kulgam (Jammu and Kashmir)

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand preferably the differential impact of disabled children on their families. Since all families go through ups and downs, and those ups and downs may alter the family structure in various forms like financial and development problems may arise, also their children may be affected as they grow and mature. Families may be exposed to many stress factors such as: a divorce, a family dispute, a death, a child with disabilities etc. The aim of this article is to focus mainly on the impact of the disabled children on the socio economic and other conditions of their families. The sample size that we have taken is 200 and it has been randomly chosen among different villages to provide true representation of the population. The sample units are drawn at random without showing any regard to the characteristics of the population units. To get information from the study, interview schedules and self-developed questionnaire were used. The data obtained was compiled and analyzed using simple statistics. The present study also highlights the governmental and societal response towards disabled children.