Disabilities: Causes

Question 1

Causes of Blindness

Answer 1

There are several causes of blindness, including (but not limited to):

• Diabetes
• Macular Degeneration
• Glaucoma
• Accidents or traumatic injuries to the eye
• Stroke
• Retinitis Pigmentosa

Question 2

Causes of Auditory Disabilities

Answer 2

There are several causes of hearing loss and deafness, including (but not limited to):
• Genetics,
• Premature birth
• Infections/illnesses
• Ear trauma
• Exposure to loud noises,
• Aging

Question 3

Causes of Cognitive Disabilities

Answer 3

• born with congenital conditions, or
• develop conditions at young age.

Can also result from:
• traumatic injury
• infections
• chemical imbalances

• other conditions later in life.

Question 4

Causes of Psychological/Psychiatric Disabilities

Answer 4

• Trauma
• chemical imbalances
• genetic factors
• social factors

Question 5

Causes of Mobility, Flexibility, and Body Structure Disabilities

Answer 5

• present from birth
• aging
• disease

They can also be temporary, permanent, or periodically recur or relapse.