This 'highhandedness' has led to segregation and practices which lead to the exclusion of disabled people from society. Segregation is the outcome of the practices of a paternalistic society but disabled people, all over the world, are in the mood to accept it without serious resistance to it. They are deeply conscious of their rights and are demanding their rightful place in society. They do not want to be segregated or excluded any more. The process of integration, both physical and psychological, is complex and can not be achieved simply by formulating policies, enacting laws, issuing memoes and making repeated statements in its favour .
Integration has several facets including the ideological, attitudinal, locational and functional.
Its aim is not only to remove all hurdles and obstacles but to accommodate the entire range of needs and activities of disabled people at par with the non-disabled of society. The ill-effects of segregation of the groups which have been historically marginalised by certain societies and countries at different times have received much attention in the recent past. Integration depends on social interactions and, in order to be robust and durable, interactions are fed on information, awareness and knowledge. While the desirability of total integration has been clearly established, the mechanics of acquiring it are uncertain and vague. This may be due to lack of clarity about its operational details or lack of political will or fear that integration would consume disproportionate resources.