This refers to a set of interventions designed to optimize functioning and reduce functional challenges in children with developmental conditions in interaction with their environment. It helps a child to be as independent as possible in everyday activities and enables participation in education and meaningful life roles in the society. It does so by working with the child and their family to address underlying dysfunctional conditions and their symptoms, modifying their environment to better suit their needs, using assistive aids, educating to strengthen self-management, and adapting tasks so that they can be performed more safely and independently. Together, these strategies can help an individual; overcome difficulties with thinking, seeing, hearing, communicating, eating or moving around.

Anybody may need rehabilitation at some point in their lives, following an injury, surgery, disease or illness, or because their functioning has declined with age. Rehabilitation workforce is made up of different health workers, including but not limited to physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech& language therapists and clinical psychologists. Many other health workers, such as general practitioners, surgeons, and community health workers may also play an important role in a child's rehabilitation.

Rehabilitation is not only for people with disabilities or long-term impairments. Rather, rehabilitation is an essential health service for anyone with an acute or chronic impairment or injury that limits functioning, and as such should be available for anyone who needs it. Rehabilitation is not a luxury health service that is available only for those who can afford it nor is it an optional service to try only when other interventions to prevent or cure a health condition fail. For the full extent of the social, economic and health benefits of rehabilitation to be realized; timely, high quality and affordable rehabilitation interventions should be available to all. In many cases, this means starting rehabilitation as soon as a condition is noted and continuing to deliver rehabilitation alongside other interventions.

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