Shafia Nazir

The study habits and academic achievement of 90 children with disabilities was examined. The disabilities included visual, hearing and orthopedic impairments. The sample was selected purposively from various government and private schools in Kashmir. Test of study habits and attitudes devised by Dr. C. P. Mathur (2005) was used to ascertain the study habits in the study group. The percentage of annual examination marks were taken as an index for academic achievement. Mean, Standard Deviation (SD) and t-test for significance of difference between means were the statistical measures used to draw the logical inferences from the analysis. The inferences showed better study habits in hearing impaired children in comparison to visually impaired and orthopedically crippled children. However, all the three categories of disability were found to have below average academic achievement.

This study investigated the self esteem in 180 physically challenged and 180 normal school going children selected from various private and government schools of rural and urban areas of four districts of Kashmir viz., Srinagar, Anantnag, Budgam and Kulgam. The urban samples were collected from Srinagar and Budgam districts and the rural samples were drawn from the districts Anantnag and Kulgam. Physically challenged school going children were categorized into three main classes i.e., visually impaired, hearing impaired and orthopedically crippled. The Cooper Smith Self-esteem inventory was selected to measure the self-esteem of the sample. Mean, Standard Deviation (SD) and t-test for significance of difference between means were the statistical measures used to draw the logical inferences from the analysis. The results indicated that physically challenged children had low self esteem than their typical participants. The rural physically challenged school going children and their ty...