Situational Disability

How many times do we find ourselves in such situations?

• Conversation with a friend over the a mobile phone ended in the middle due to low battery power.
• Can't send an email to the client as Internet is down.

In our day-to-day life we face many such situations. At that time we feel as if our hands are tied up and the circumstances are stopping us from completing the task at hand. We feel as if we're disabled due to the circumstances. To finish the task, we would either wait for the situation to change or try to complete the task in an alternative way.

Each time we land up in such situations, we're facing Situational Disability.

In simple terms, Situational Disability is defined as inability to perform a task, in a given situation, or under certain circumstances.

Let's have a look at some common example of Situational Disability.

Examples

Following are some of the examples of Situational Disabilities:

• Forgot spectacles at home so finding it difficult to work at office;
• Difficulty in using the calculator since the numbers are rubbed off;
• Finding it difficult to talk on the phone in a noisy market place;
• Finding difficulties in reading the information displayed on the computer monitor due to sunlight glare;
• Can't speak at the presentation due to bad throat;
• Had to climb up the stairs as the lift was not working;
• An important document was lost as a result of virus;

Having discussed the meaning and examples of Situational Disability, I'll conclude by asking you to recollect five such situations that you would have come across over the past 24 hours. I am sure you'll come up with more than five answers!!