Correct Answer - Option 3 : a, b and c only
Persons with Disability Act 1995
PWD (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights, and Full Participation) Act, 1995 was enacted to give an effect to the “Proclamation on the Full Participation and Equality of the People with Disabilities in the Asian and Pacific Region.
As per the PwD act of 1995, "Person with Disability" means a person suffering from not less than forty percent of any disability as certified by a medical authority. It covers the following disabilities :
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Blindness: "blindness" refers to a condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions, namely:---
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Low vision: "person with low vision" means a person with impairment of visual functioning even after treatment or standard refractive correction but who uses or is potentially capable of using vision for the planning or execution of a task with an appropriate assistive device.
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Leprosy-cured: "leprosy cured person" means any person who has been cured of leprosy.
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Hearing impairment: "hearing impairment" means loss of sixty decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies.
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Locomotor Disabilities & Cerebral Palsy: "locomotor disability" means disability of the bones, joints, or muscles leading to substantial restriction of the movement of the limbs or any form of cerebral palsy.
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Mental retardation: "mental retardation" means a condition of arrested or incomplete development of mind of a person which is especially characterized by subnormality of intelligence.
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Mental illness: "mental illness" means any mental disorder other than mental retardation
The aims and objectives of the Act are:
- To spell out the responsibility of the state towards the prevention of disabilities, protection of rights, provision of medical care, education, training, employment, and rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.
- To create a barrier-free environment.
- To counteract any situation of abuse and exploitation of persons.
- To make special provision of the integration of persons with disabilities into the social mainstream