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Human being is a complex entity created by God consists of the physique and psyche, that is the body and the mind. Physical disability is accompanied by some sort of psychological disturbance. Loco-motor disability, being the largest group of disability disorders, call for a gigantic effort to tackle. "Loco-motor disability" means disability of the bones, joints muscles leading to substantial restriction of the movement of the limbs or any form of cerebral palsy".Dwarfism and acid attack victims are also part of loco-motor disability as per the latest the RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, 2016.The loco-motor impairment limits the function of an individual's activities like moving, toileting, bathing, grooming and so on.Therefore an individual with loco-motor disability experiences a continuous struggle between his needs and his capacity of realizing these needs .An individual with loco-motor disability has to reconcile with his struggle and thus maintain equilibrium which is generally called adjustment. Adjustment although a universal phenomenon but investigator studied it through its various aspects or dimensions. The investigator self designed the adjustment scale on the college students with loco-motor disability in the age group of 18 to 23 years. Thereafter the tool was administered on 200 students with loco-motor disabile taken from heterogeneous colleges/ universities of Lucknow district. The Adjustment scale developed by the investigator contain 45 items which belong to five dimensions of Adjustment viz. home adjustment, health adjustment, social adjustment, emotional adjustment and educational adjustment.It may be mentioned here that if the needs of the students with Loco-motor disability are not met it would lead to personality problems which disturb the whole educational scenario.Considering the role of adjustment in various aspect of student's life, the accessibility of adjustment of students with loco-motor disability is needed to be realised.