The document discusses key aspects of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act (RPwD) 2016 in India such as definitions of disability, government programs, census data on disability prevalence. It outlines 21 types of specified disabilities recognized in the act such as blindness, locomotor impairment, intellectual disabilities. Details are provided on the classification of disabilities into physical, intellectual, and mental illnesses. Common conditions like cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, and blood disorders are also explained in brief.

1. RPwD- 2016
• Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment (Govt. of India)
• June,2017
• Chapters 17
• 2.21% Disable in India
Ambuj Kushawaha
Lecturer
Akshar Trust

2. Specification
of RPwD Act
2016
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Reservation (आरक्षण)
Educational Improvement (शिक्षा में सुधार)
Funds Management (शिशध प्रबंधि)
Accessibility (अवसंरचिा में सुधार)
Guardianship (संरक्षण की व्यवस्था)
Bench Mark of disability (शवकलांगता क
े शलए शविेष प्रावधाि)
Modification in Definition of Disability

3. Govt. Programme running-
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1. Accessible India (सुगम्य भारत अशभयाि)
2. Accessible Library (सुगम्य पुस्तकालय)
3. UDID Card (Unique Disability ID)
4. Empowerment Planning
5. Other

4. Censes
Report
2011
Chart
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1,028,610,328
21,906,769
2,130
POPULATION OF INDIA
Totel populations
Total Disability
Disability Rate/ Lakha
10,634,881
1,640,868
1,261,722
6,105,477
2,263,821
TOTEL DISABILITY
Visual Speech
Hearing Locomotor
ID

5. 21 Disability…..
1. Blindness
2. Low Vision
3. Locomotor
4. Hearing Impairment
5. Specific learning
Disability
6. Leprosy Cured
7. Dwarfism
8. Intellectual Disability
9. Mental Illness
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10. Autism Spectrum Disorder
11. Cerebral Palsy
12. Muscular Dystrophia.
13. Chronical Neurological
Condition
14. Speech & Language Disorder
15. Thalassemia
16. Haemophilia
17. Sickle cell Disease
18. Multi Disability.
19. Acid Attack Victim
20. Parkinson's
21. Multiple Sclerosis

6. Specified
Disability
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• Leprosy Cured- loss of Sensation, Paresis in eye and eye-
lib, Manifest Deformity
• Cerebral Palsy- Non- Progressive neurological condition
affecting body moment and muscles coordination.
1- Physical
Disability
A. Locomotor Disability- A person's inability to execute
distinctive activities associated with movement of self and objects
resulting from affliction of musculoskeletal or nervous system or
both), including—

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• Dwarfism- Medical or Genetic condition
• Adult Hight 4 feet 10inch (147 cm)
• Muscular Dystrophy-
Progressive Skeleton Muscle Weakness, Defect in
muscle protein and the death of muscle cells.
• Acid Attack Victims

8. B. Visual Impairment
Blindness
• Total Absence of Sight
• Less then 3/60 or 10/200
(Snellen) in Better eyes with
possible correction
• Field Vision 10 degree.
Low- Vision
• Exceeding 6/18 or less then
20/60 up to 3/60 or up to
10/200 (Snellen)
• Field Vision 40 up to 10
degree.
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9. C. Hearing Impairment
deaf
• 70 dB
Hard of Hearing
• 60dB to 70dB
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Speech and Language Disability- Laryngectomy or Aphasia
(Neurology causse)

10. 2- Intellectual Disability
Specific Learning Disability….
• Heterogenous Group or Umbrella term
• Difficulty to Language, Spoken, written,
Reading.
• Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyspraxia, and
Developmental Aphasia.
Autism Spectrum Disorder….
• Neuro-Developmental Condition,
• First Three year of that
significantly affect person
Personality to communicate,
understanding relationships and
stereotype Behaviours.
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Reasoning, Learning, Problem Solving

11. 3- Mental Behavior…..
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• Substantial disorder of-
• Thinking, Mood swing, Perception, Orientation or Memory, Grossly Impairment
of Judgement, Behaviour, Capacity to recognise.
• Does not Include Retardation.
Mental Illness

12. Disability caused due to….
a. Chronic Neurological Condition, Such as-
i- Multi Sclerosis-
• Nervous system disease.
• Myelin sheathes around the Axons of Nerve
cells of the brain and spinal cord are
damage.
ii. Parkinson…
• Progressive Disease of the neuro-
system marked by Tremor, Muscular,
Rigidity and slow, Imprecise
movement,
• Affecting Middle age and Elderly age.
• Basal ganglia of the Brain and a
deficiency of the neurotransmitter
dopamine.
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13. Dopamine
Dopamine is a type of
neurotransmitter. Your body makes
it, and your nervous system uses it
to send messages between nerve
cells.
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14. b. Blood
Disorder
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• Inheritable Disease
• Affecting only male but
transmitted by woman to their
Male children.
• Blood does not clot properly.
i. Haemophilia
ii. Thalassemia
• Inherited disorder
• Reduces or absent amount
of Haemoglobin.
iii. Sickle cell Disease
• Sickle cell anemia is one of a group of disorders known as sickle
cell disease.
• inherited red blood cell disorder.
• there aren't enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen
throughout your body.

15. 5. Multiple
Disability
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• More then on of the above Specified Disability.
• Deafblindness

16. Thank
you
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References
1. Gazette of India, RPwD Act 2016. (Govt. of India)
2. Dristi IAS-
https://www.drishtiias.com/hindi/printpdf/rights-of-persons-
with-disabilities-act (Last Access: 24/07/2021)