Society

Everyday, workers in nursing scrubs witness people cry in pain as they hear doctors say “Sorry, we can do nothing at all.” Mothers’ hearts are torn apart when they discover their newborn babies having physical disabilities. Some develop syndromes leading to complicated health problems that soon left them handicapped. But what is sadder is the stigma they have to face living with disabilities.

There are 650 million people living with disabilities worldwide, and they all experience discrimination in many different ways. U.S. Pres. Barack Obama said, in a presidential proclamation, that discrimination against physically challenged people in workplaces and in communities still happen in the United States. He also mentioned that 90 percent of children with disabilities in developing nations are not able to attend school, and that women are all too often subjected to deep discrimination.

However, discrimination seems to root not only from bullies in school, workplaces or the community, but also within the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities itself. On Thursday, the National Association of the Deaf in Chennai held a demonstration condemning the said organization, after a promise to be included in the Eleventh Five Year Plan did not materialize.

“Our joy turned into sorrow when the plan received no mention in the 2008 budget. In 2009, we were promised by senior planning commission members that it would be done. But nothing has happened so far,” said T K M Sandeep, coordinator, The Deaf Way, an NGO working with people with hearing disabilities. The group is asking for special schools up to Class XII in each state and in each college, a sign language academy, interpreters and captions on telecasts, which is just right. Education is one big aspect that can break the barrier that holds disabled people from fully participating in the society.

In Beijing China, disabled people called for accessible travel. Improvement in security and social services are what they want as the country has 83 million of the 650 million disabled worldwide. If government leaders are encouraging them to integrate into the society, the means through which they would be able to reach out to must be provided first. Public places should install relevant barrier-free facilities to ease travel in connection to the rights of disabled people as stipulated in relevant laws and regulation, said Zhou Wei, a Sichuan University law professor.

Physically challenged people have capabilities that can never be underestimated. In fact, many of them show exemplary qualities that have been very helpful to different aspects of the society. May the International Day of Persons with Disabilities remind everyone, especially the authorities, that disabled people are a vital part of the society.

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Painkiller addiction is common nowadays. It is heard here and there often. Since painkillers are used mainly as medicine, it is not hard for addicts to get them. Causes of painkiller addiction are mainly of two types, sometimes it can be intentional and sometimes, people who are prescribed with painkillers by doctors get physically dependant on it. Whatever the reason of addiction may be, the effect is same for all. And since painkillers are easily available and legal, the painkiller addicts do not have to face any problem getting their pills. According to surveys it has also been confirmed that, people nowadays get addicted to painkillers more than cocaine or heroine. It is surely shocking, isn’t it?

Addiction to painkiller starts mainly from the doctor’s prescription. Due to injuries or illness, people often end up having chronic pain and the treatment is done by prescribing painkillers. The addiction starts when the initial dose does not work anymore and higher dose of painkillers are given to the patient. Slowly, the person gets physically too much dependant on painkillers and that leads to its addiction. People who realize that they are slowly addicted to the painkillers take necessary steps to get away from it and for the others who are totally under the control of painkillers; the only way of cure is getting treatment from a rehabilitation center.

The painkiller addiction symptoms are however very pleasing for the addicts. Some known symptoms are sleeping for long period, feeling high, hallucination etc. All of these effects of painkiller draw the person towards addiction more and more. Without getting proper dose the addicts feel restless, they suffer from insomnia. Withdrawal effects can also cause diarrhea, anxiety, muscle pain etc. Some other withdrawal symptoms are hot and cold sweat, excessive yawning, depression and watery eyes.

The best way to get rid of this addiction is to get admitted in a painkiller rehab. A rehab can provide all the proper treatments necessary for the withdrawal. While the treatment procedure, the medical staffs of the particular rehab must treat the addiction along with the pain that forces the person to take painkiller. Rehabilitation experts have also confirmed that the withdrawal effects of painkiller can be lethal. Proper care of the addicts must be taken during the treatment period. The treatment must be conducted very slowly using the right kind of medicine for the patients.

One of the most important factors for proper rehabilitation is the patient’s mental strength. During the withdrawal period of this drug, various mental and physical problems show up. The medical staffs should give immense support to the patients while rehabilitation.

Hundreds of painkiller rehabs have grown up all over the world. There are some free painkiller rehabs and some private rehabs. The free rehabs cannot provide all the facilities that are needed for proper rehabilitation; whereas, painkiller addiction treatment in the private drug rehabilitation centers are done very carefully. Most of the private rehabs consist of world class, experienced medical staffs and the treatment programs conducted in those rehabs are also exceptional.

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