Obstacle - Biopsychosocial and Cultural Barriers

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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