The Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) regulates training programs for professionals working with disabled communities. RCI recognizes education institutions, maintains a central register of qualified professionals, and sets standards for rehabilitation training. RCI's objectives include regulating rehabilitation training policies, standardizing courses for professionals, and recognizing degrees from foreign universities. RCI accredits professionals in various fields like prosthetics/orthotics, audiology/speech therapy, rehabilitation counseling, and special education. Courses include certificates, diplomas, degrees, and continuing education programs. Conditions contributing to disability include physical impairments, sensory impairments, intellectual disabilities, and communicable/non-communicable diseases. Rehabilitation aims to restore individuals' capacities through various medical, psychological

1. SEMINAR ON
REHABILITATION COUNCIL OF INDIA
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION

2. Community BasedRehabilitation
A strategy within general community
development for the rehabilitation ,
equalization of opportunities and
social inclusion of all people with
disabilities

3. COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION (CBR)
WHO introduced CBR. In the beginning CBR was primarily a
service delivery method making optimum use of primary health care
and community resources, and was aimed at bringing primary health
care and rehabilitation services closer to people with disabilities,
especially in low-income countries

5. Rehabilitation Council of India
The Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) is the
apex government body, set up under an Act of
Parliament, to regulate training programmes and
courses targeted at disabled, disadvantaged, and
special education requirement communities. It is the
only statutory council in India that is required to
maintain the Central Rehabilitation Register which
mainly documents details of all qualified
professionals who operate and deliver training and
educational programmes for the targeted
communities.

6. In the year 2000, the Rehabilitation Council of India
(Amendment) Act, 2000, was introduced and notified
consequently by the government of India. The
amendment brought definitions and discussions provided
within the earlier Rehabilitation Council of India Act,
1992, under the ambit of a larger act, namely, Persons
with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of
Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995.

7. Objectives of RCI
To regulate the training policies and programmes in the field of
rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.
To bring about standardization of training courses for professionals
dealing with persons with disabilities.
To prescribe minimum standards of education and training of various
categories of professionals/ personnel dealing with people with
disabilities.
To regulate these standards in all training institutions uniformly
throughout the country.
To recognize institutions/ organizations/ universities running master's
degree/ bachelor's degree/ P.G. Diploma/ Diploma/ Certificate courses
in the field of rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.
To recognize degree/diploma/certificate awarded by foreign
universities/ institutions on reciprocal basis.

8.  To promote research in Rehabilitation and Special Education.
 To maintain Central Rehabilitation Register for registration of professionals/
personnel.
 To collect information on a regular basis on education and training in the field of
rehabilitation of people with disabilities from institutions in India and abroad
 To encourage continuing education in the field of rehabilitation and special
education by way of collaboration with organizations working in the field of
disability.
 To recognize Vocational Rehabilitation Centres as manpower development
centres.
 To register vocational instructors and other personnel working in the Vocational
Rehabilitation Centres.
 To recognize the national institutes and apex institutions on disability as
manpower development centres.
 To register personnel working in national institutes and apex institutions on
disability under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.

9. Rehabilitation Services in India
• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Human Resource
Development, Labour, Information and Broadcasting.
• Regional and District Rehabilitation Centres.
• Rehabilitation Council of India.
• Occupational Therapy School (Mumbai, Nagpur, etc.)
• All India Institute of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation (Mumbai, CMC Vellore).
• Occupational Therapy College, Mumbai

10. • National Institute of Mentally Handicapped (NIMH)
Secunderabad (Regional branches at Mumbai, New Delhi,
Kolkata).
• Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing
Handicapped, Mumbai (Regional branches at Delhi,
Kolkata, Secunderabad).
• National Institute for Visually Handicapped,Dehradun. •
National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped,
Kolkata, etc.

11. Professionals who can apply for RCI accreditation
 Prosthetists and Orthotists
 Audiologists and Speech Therapists
 Clinical Psychologists
 Rehabilitation Counsellors, Administrators
 Rehabilitation Workshop Managers
 Rehabilitation Psychologists
 Rehabilitation Social Workers
 Rehabilitation Practitioners in Mental Retardation
Speech Pathologists

12.  Special Teachers for Educating and Training the
Handicapped
 Vocational Counsellors, Employment Officers and
Placement Officers
 Multi-purpose Rehabilitation Therapists,
Technicians
 Orientation and Mobility Specialists
 Community Based Rehabilitation Professionals
 Hearing and Ear Mould Technicians
 Rehabilitation Engineers and Technicians

13. Courses are being offered by RCI recognized
institutions/ training centres:
oCertificate Courses
oDiploma Courses
oPG Diploma Courses
oDegree Courses
oPost-graduate Degree Courses/ Master’s level courses
oShort-term/ refresher courses under the Continuing
Rehabilitation Education programme

15. CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO
DISABILITY
Physical: Polio, Amputation, Accidents.
Hearing: Congenital, Otitis Media, Perforation,
Neuro Surgery, Acostatic Labyrinthitis
Visual: Cataract, Glaucoma, Trachoma, Vit ‘A’
deficiency.
Speech: Congenital, Brain damage
Mental: Congenital, Cretinism, Depression,
Schizophrenia
Neural: CVA, Hemiplegia, Quadriplegia, Epilepsy

17. MEDICAL
A. GENETIC: B. NON-GENETIC
1. Mental Retardation 1. Birth Trauma
2. Hearing Impairment 2. Asphyxia
3. Speech Impairment 3. Forceps Delivery
4. Visual Impairment 4. Malnutrition
5. Congenital heart disease 5. Rubella, Tetanus
6. Genito- Urinary Mal formation 6. Drug usein Pregnancy
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE NON-COMMUNICABLE
1. Polio, TB, Leprosy 1. Hypnosis, Scoliosis
2. Trachoma, Herpes 2. Cervical spondylosis
3. Meningitis, Encephalitis 3. Rheumaticarthritis, Arthritis
4. Osteomyelitis, Septic arthritis 4. CVA, Epilepsy
5. Veneral disease, HIV, AIDS 5. Cancer, OPD, Diabetes
6. Nephritis

31. REHABILITATION
Definitions
 Rehabilitation is defined as the process of restoring the individual to the
fullest physical, mental, social, vocational, and economic capacity of
which he or she is capable. It is also defined as relearning of former
skills, learning new skills necessary to adapt and live fully in an altered
lifestyle.
Rehabilitation is the process of maximizing an individual's capabilities or
resources to foster optimal independent functioning

33. Types and Methods of Rehabilitation
 Neurological Rehabilitation
 Drug Rehabilitation
 Alcohol Rehabilitation
 Physical Rehabilitation

34.  Medical Rehabilitation
 Psychosocial Rehabilitation
 Vestibular Rehabilitation
 Stroke Rehabilitation
 Educational Rehabilitation
 Psychological Rehabilitation

35.  Rehabilitation of Chronic Diseases
 Cardiovascular disease and
cardiac rehabilitation
 Pulmonary Rehabilitation
 Vocational Rehabilitation