Usually disability is defined as the physical or mental impairment through out the
literature surveyed. But disability is not only a physical or mental impairment rather it is
defined by the culture also. Somewhere what is normal sickness in other context it is a
disability recognized in the socio- cultural settings. In this study disability is defined as a
complex form of deprivation. And the PWDs are found with less capability and less selfconfidence
within the existing physiological, social and cultural settings.
 

Methodology The general methodology followed for conducting study are Focus group discussions,
Observation, Written document analysis and Questionnaire survey. For these purposes two
different studies are conducted namely: a) prevalence survey- to find out the incidence of
disability in the society and their composition according to different aspects like age, sex,
location, disability type etc.; b) Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) study- to attain
the general notion of the people towards PWDs.
For prevalence study a total of 12000 samples are surveyed throughout the country
which comprises 25% of urban people and 75% of rural populations. From every division
1 ward from urban area and 3 villages from rural areas have been selected as the general
principle of the followed statistical analysis. For KAP study a total of 2400 samples are
surveyed throughout the country, which comprises 25% of urban people and 75% of
rural populations. Same composition of survey areas from the divisions is used as in the
prevalence survey.