• Aleya Khatun
• Jharna Rani Das

Disability is not a problem. Begging is a social problem for Bangladesh. Begging makes people idle. The main obstacles to the development of a desired society often lie in the existing social problems. The recommendations from a social research and the policy of their implementation can help us overcome these problems. Considering their standard of living, the capacity to work and all other things, it is conspicuous that the position of the disabled beggars is at the lowest level of society. Present study is considered to identify the causes of physical disability of Street beggars, to find out the reasons behind the begging of disabled Street beggars and to explore the treatment outcomes of the disable beggars. The study was survey type and conducted in Dhaka. Data were collected from primary and secondary sources. Purpose sampling method was used for the study. Total two hundred respondents were selected for the study. Primary data were collected by face to face interview at the place of study that was willing to give interview. Questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were collected by fact to face interview with the respondents. Secondary data were collected from books, research report, journals, annual reports and websites from different ministry of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh. Some participant observation method is also considered. Collected data were analyzed by using computer program Microsoft Excel. From the study it was found that acute need for medical and their dependence on the people around them, it has increasingly turned into a multidimensional social problem of a large number of such people. To ensure the economic progress and prosperity of a nation, it is essential to devise a policy to overcome this predicament. Similarly, from the perspective of moral responsibilty, the issue deserves a thorough research. Against this backdrop, this social study attempts to identify the causes of disablity, evalute the rights and positions of disabled beggars, formulate a guideline for their rehabilitation, provide some recommendations and put forward certain policies for implementation. The Study reveals that a considerable number of disabled people in society resort to begging due to illiteracy, economic deprivation and lack of social cooperation. On the one hand, there is increasing awareness across the world in this regard. Some of the progresses include developments in medical science, UN adoption of international charter for the rights of the disabled, category wise identification of the disabled, undertaking programmes for the alleviation of their poverty and attempts at their rehabilitation through social assistance. In fact, the desired results could not be obtained as the rehabilitation initiatives neither reflected the views of disabled not could be available at their doorsteps. It is also heartening to observe that they are keen to lead an active life in stead of being treated as a social burden through their differnt kinds of capacity to work. Based on these findings. It is an overall rehabilitation package that provides for health, education and training facilities at their doorsteps apart from the necessary legal support. It also includes their accommodation as well as a marketing system for their produces. If the model is implemented, it will open up a new avenue for a comprehensive rehabilitation of all the disabled including the disabled beggars.

Disable, Health, Problem, Disease, Treatment, Sufferings, Rehabilitation

"Study on Disabled Street Beggars of Dhaka City: Treatment Need and Guidelines for Rehabilitation", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no.1023-1036, March-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103139.pdf

"Study on Disabled Street Beggars of Dhaka City: Treatment Need and Guidelines for Rehabilitation", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no. pp1023-1036, March-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103139.pdf