Definition of Terms

Acceptance > is a person's agreement to experience a situation, to follow a process or condition (often a negative or uncomfortable situation) without attempting to change it, protest, or exit. An express act or implication by conduct that manifests assent to the terms of an offer in a manner invited or required by the offer so that a binding contract is formed. > act of taking or receiving something offered >deal with positive welcome; favor and endorsement >act of believing Amputation > Removal of part or all of a body part enclosed by skin. > is the removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery Amputee > A person who has undergone an amputation Community > a group of interacting people, possibly living in close proximity, and often refers to a group that shares some common values, and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical location, generally in social units larger than a household. Coping > is the process of managing stressful circumstances > has been defined in psychological terms by Susan Folkman and Richard Lazarus as "constantly changing cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage specific external and/or internal demands that are appraised as taxing or "exceeding the resources of the person". Coping mechanism >can also be described as survival skills. They are strategies that people use in order to deal with stresses, pain, and natural changes that we experience in life. >an adaptation to environmental stress that is based on conscious or unconscious choice and that enhances control over behavior or gives psychological comfort.

Deficiency > the quality or state of being deficient; incompleteness; insufficiency; lack > a shortage or lacking of substances; necessary to health

Disability > may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental or some combination of these. > According to WHO- any restriction or lack resulting from any impairment of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range of considered normal for a human being.

Impairment > any abnormality of, partial or complete loss of, or loss of the function of, a body part, organ, or system; this may be due directly or secondarily to pathology or injury and may be either temporary or permanent. > is a problem in body function or structure; Weakening, damage, or deterioration, especially as a result of injury or disease

Prosthetics >In the branch of medicine or surgery that deals with the production and application of artificial body parts; replacement of missing limbs or organs with artificial substitutes. It is an artificial replacement for a missing or non-functioning body part. It can be either functional or cosmetic, and can be attached to the body externally or implanted surgically.

Rehabilitation > The process of restoration of skills by a person who has had an illness or injury so as to regain maximum self-sufficiency and function in a normal or as near normal manner as possible.

Self- development > it is the set of activities, tasks and study that an individual undertakes as they strive to improve their self knowledge.

Self -reliance >the capacity to rely on ones own capabilities, and to manage ones own affairs; independence

Society > is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. It is a group of people living as a community or an organized group of people for a common purpose.

Trauma > is an injury to the body that occurs when a physical force contacts the body. The trauma may be blunt or penetrating. Pathology a body wound or shock produced by sudden physicalinjury, as from violence or accident.; the condition produced by this; traumatism. Psychiatry an experience that produces psychological injury or pain; the psychological injury so caused.

Vascular surgery > is a specialty of surgery in which diseases of the vascular system, or arteries and veins, are managed by medical therapy, minimally-invasive catheter procedures, and surgical reconstruction.