Section 21 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016 is as under: (1) Every establishment shall notify equal opportunity policy detailing measures proposed to be taken by it in pursuance of the provisions of this Chapter in the manner as may be prescribed by the Central Government

1. TYPES OF 21 DISABILITIES
According to the The Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(RPwD) Act, 2016, enacted on 28.12.2016 and came into force
from 19.04.2017, Disability has been defined based on an
evolving and dynamic concept. The Act covers the following
specified disabilities:-

3. A. Vishal Impairment
Low Vision Blindness

4. B. Hearing Impairment
Deaf Hearing of Hard

5. C. Locomotor Disability
Leprosy Cured Cerebral Palsy
Dwarfism Acid Attack Victims Muscular Dystrophy

6. D. Intellectual Disability
Specific Learning Disabilities
Autism Spectrum
Disorder (ASD)
Mental Illness
Parkinson’s Disease
Multiple Sclerosis
(MS)

7. E. Multiple Disabilities (A to D)
Deaf & Blindess
• Physical + Intellectual
• Physical + Deaf
• Physical + Sensory
• Intellectual + Sensory
• Physical + Physical
• Intellectual +
Intellectual
• Deaf + Acid Attack
Victim
• Deaf + Blindness
• Deaf + Dwarfism
• Others

8. Designed by Puneet Kumar Jain
DTISL 2020-22
25-11-2022