MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY ACT WAS PASSED IN THE YEAR

46. Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act was passed in the year :

(A) 1971 (B) 1961

(C) 1978 (D) 1981

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below :

Many social work clients have significant mental and physical disabilities. Because

of these limitations, they often experience discrimination and social isolation.

The philosophy of normalization offers a powerful force in efforts to integrate

persons with disabilities into the life of the community and ensure that their lives

resemble that of the so called normal person as much as possible.

Normalization means making available to the disabled persons the conditions of

everyday life that are as close as possible to the mainstream of society. A person with

disability should be provided opportunities of work, recreation, clothing, transportation

and daily activities in ways and in an environment that closely resembles how other

citizens secure these resources.

The plea for normalization rests on the assumption that adaptive and socially

acceptable behaviour is learned and maintained because individual has been given an

opportunity to behave in conventional ways and that such behaviour has been

reinforced. Further, appropriate behaviour is more likely to be emitted and reinforced

in a normal environment.

The theoretical underpinning of the normalization philosophy are rooted in

learning theory specially concept of modeling and imitation. More importantly it is a

philosophy that recognizes the human rights - the dignity and worth of all people

regardless of appearance or physical or mental limitation.