Community Participation

Participation is seen as a right and a responsibility attributed to and attributed to both the person and the community. Participation does not take place in a vacuum; the environment dynamically influences participation. Being disabled is defined as being out of “normal” as a biological sense, while in social sense; it is defined as the social and cultural obstruction of the individual’s ability to live independently and easily in society [1]. Therefore, appropriate sociocultural environment is essential to enable disabled people to develop their skills and gain a place in social life. We first focus on getting the client’s community participation profile by defining what the customer wants to do, what to do, or what to expect. And then they organize services that deal with distortions, functional limitations, and contextual factors that limit levels of participation in the context of a particular activity.

Benefits of Community Participation to People with Disabilities: