Question

You will interview an individual with a disability, who has agreed to be interviewed. This Interview should last a minimum of half an hour. You will write up a report (2-3 pages, double spaced) based on your interview. Use the following framework: present status (demographics, e.g, gender, ethnicity, education, and etc), socioeconomic and family status, disability-related information, work history, short-term and long-term goals, and any challenges as well as ways to accomplish some of the short and long-term goals. You should not use first-person in this report.

Answer 1

#. Demographic profile :-

Name - Alice Mathew

Gender - Female

Age - 26 years

Ethnicity - Indian

Education - Post graduation in Journalism

Marital status - Unmarried

Address - House No. 1589/ L -Block , Friends colony , New Delhi

Socioeconomic status - Middle class family , she is working as a journalist in a reputed media , her father is retired teacher , and mother is housewife

Family status - Reputed family with good background

- Disability - She is a handicapped girl . As a complication of polio in her childhood she had lost her both legs power hence she is a case of paraplegia .

- Work history - She is an efficient journalist with so many awards for remarkable works and stories which is beyond her limitations . She is working with The Times of India .

- Short term goal - For her short term goal is to be a reputed world known journalist

- Long term goal - Her long term goal is to motivate the parents of handicapped children to teach their child and protect them from the laughing society based on his or her limitations because these children have dreams which is above the expectations and they fight so hard to achieve them

- Challenges to achieve the short term and long term goal are :-

- lack of family support

- lack of trust on disabled child

- lack of a supportive society

- lack of financial support

- lack of inner and external motivation