WORKING METHODS WITH INTELLECTUALLY AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED PEOPLE IN THE CONTEXT OF COGNITION AND AFFIRMATION OF CORPOREALITY
Journal Title: Issues of Rehabilitation, Orthopaedics, Neurophysiology and Sport Promotion-IRONS - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction. Intellectually and physically disabled people are a specific group of patients. Among them can be found people who have a limited awareness of their own body or even its absence but they demand proper, professional and individual approach on the part of the physical therapists. Aim. To indicate the need for a holistic approach in medicine, including physical therapy on the one hand and on the other the possibility and validity of the Knill method in practice when working with people with limited awareness of their own body or the lack of it. The results confirm the validity of the presented point of view. Material and methods. The article presents a humanistic interdisciplinary point of view. It includes psychological, pedagogical and philosophical threads as well as it refers to the history of medicine. The study and its results confirm the validity of the Knill method used in physiotherapy. Results. The results show how important the carried out activities are for intellectually and physically disable people. The children with polio and Down syndrome benefited the most. Autistic children are the most difficultto work with as indicated by the statistics in the tables. Conclusion. Physiotherapy is an area which draws on its own knowledge and also calls for psychological and pedagogical skills. The Knill method used by physical therapists can contribute to the effectiveness of therapy in working with physically and mentally disabled people. It would be useful to introduce it as early as at the first levels of education of future physical therapists.
Authors and Affiliations
Jadwiga Knotowicz, Joanna Wojewoda, Stefan Szary
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