Biopsychosocial and Cultural Barriers
People are prevented to achieve certain goals by biological, psychological, social or cultural barriers, such as:
- diseases, as obstacles to human life in its fullness;
- physical disabilities as obstacles to the mobility of handicapped, which can be facilitated by accessibility resources;
- shyness as an obstacle to social relations;
- fear as an obstacle that prevents facing potential enemies or socio-political opponents, or facing possible economic barriers;
- social exclusion or the arrest of individuals as obstacles to socio-cultural integration into a community;
- the lack of psychomotor coordination as an obstacle to the development of qualified abilities;
- the level of mastery of the spoken idiom, or the differences between the spoken languages, as barriers to national or international social relations;
- the different religions as obstacles to the mutual moral understanding or interreligious dialogue, nationally or internationally;
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