Cognitive Barrier: Wall to Push Through

Cognitive Barrier and Cognition

Cognition is referred; the use of senses to understand the situation. Persons with disabilities have to face Cognitive barriers throughout their life. The hurdles formulating the cognitive barriers are known as cognitive load. To understand what cognition and its barrier are, lets relate it with an example.

Relating Cognition with an Example

Suppose you have a basket on a specific height along with a ball. What you think you’re going to do. You know you have to throw a ball in the basket. What will be the first point to ponder about? One will think if the ball is present on the ground and a basket is lifted a bit high, has to throw the ball in the basket. It looks very much simple when thinking from ones eye but is a hard nut to crack for the disabled/ special one.

The  trouble really starts from the beginning when they see the ball and the basket. When at first they see the ball, the just try to pick it up. They don’t know why the basket is placed? What is the purpose of the basket and the ball? When anyone dictates them to throw the ball in basket, they get confused. Everything around them starts to mess up. How much power is needed to throw the ball in the basket, how much distance is from their position to the basket? They cannot understand what they are told to do, the Cognitive Barriers act as a wall in front of them. They cannot calculate their movement of hand in a specific direction, the force with which they have to throw the ball, the distance between the ball and the basket. What they do is throw the ball in any direction their hand forces them to.

Societies’ attitude

The societies attitude with PWD's is well known, that results in a big laughter from the normal people around them. This dwindles the confidence level in them. Cognitive barriers result in lowering of morale and confidence. The importance of confidence in Persons with disabilities can be known well by this saying;

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence” Helen Keller

This is the one kind of cognitive barrier which they have to undergo during their life. We have many options for one choice, but they have none. What can we do at our end? We can guide them for an act but what can we do as a society? We have to think a little. Rather than enjoying for a while, we have to think about them as a part of our society.

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