Spiritual care for children with cerebral palsy: an experience-based research

Marzuki, Zunaidah (2021) Spiritual care for children with cerebral palsy: an experience-based research. In: International Conference on Islamic Spiritual Care, 27-28 Dec 2021, Online. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Cerebral Palsy is one type of disability. It is normally falls under physical disability category according to Department of Social Welfare Malaysia categorization of disability. However, Cerebral Palsy is unique and complicated too. Person with Cerebral Palsy can be under multiple disability (MD category) if the person has other disabilities like deaf (DE category), blind (BL category), speech disability (SD category), physical disability (PH category), learning disability (LD category), and mental disability (ME category). There is limited study on application of spiritual care for person with cerebral palsy especially from Islamic perspective. Hence, this paper aims to describe real problems of person with cerebral palsy and how possibly spiritual care helps the child to grow. Although Zaid’s disability is categorized under physical disability in his “OKU” card (disability card), he has some problems in learning if compared to others typical children at the same age. The physical disability of him here means his disability in movement particularly due to gross motor skills; as he has normal physical limbs, it is not physical disability due non-existence or deficiency of any part of body. However, due to his Spastic Diplegic type of Cerebral Palsy whereby his disability in controlling legs movement affects his legs’ structure particularly legs palms and knees. All these problems and some other problems have effects on his thinking about himself and his existence. Therefore, it is important to take care of his spiritual aspect besides his physical aspect and make him understand about the worldview; reality of existence, life, being, human being, the God, spirit and spirituality, and life in the hereafter. The author, Zaid’s mother attempts to share her experience in dealing with spiritual care for person with Cerebral Palsy. The study includes but not limited to understanding of the reality of Cerebral Palsy and its problems in general, Zaid’s problems in particular, the importance of spiritual care for persons with Cerebral Palsy, and application of spiritual care in case of Zaid. The study will not only describe the experience between the mother and the child, but also will analyze several literatures on spiritual care particularly for person with disability: and incorporating Qur’anic and Sunnah teachings. In a nutshell, this paper is perhaps an eye-opener of real application in understanding the significant of Spiritual Care for Person with Cerebral Palsy.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Slide Presentation)
Additional Information:	4938/95778
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Spiritual Care, Children, Cerebral Palsy, Experience-based
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology > BF636 Applied psychology
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Qur’an and Sunnah
Depositing User:	Zunaidah Mohd Marzuki
Date Deposited:	30 Dec 2021 20:15
Last Modified:	20 Feb 2022 19:22
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/95778

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