The impact of vocational rehabilitation training On economic performance of Females with disabilities in Nyanza province Kenya

Abstract

In order to better conceptualise what rehabilitation is about, one should have a. good knowledge of what both disability and rehabilitation are. Rehabilitation as a process can only be discussed or considered when a disabling condition exists. It is thus a necessary precondition for the discussion of rehabilitation process. In rehabilitation circles disability implies a medically defined condition. It can be described as any long term or chronic physical, emotional, or mental condition which has come about as a result of disease or illness, inherited or congenital defect, trauma or other calamity to the mind or the body. The condition should be severe enough to limit an individual's capacity to function in any activity, productive or otherwise. Rehabilitation's goal is to address the disabling condition and restore residual functional capacity to a person who has the handicaping condition.