A person with Disability Act 1995

not less than forty per cent of any disability as

certified by a medical authority;
• blindness;
• low vision;
• leprosy-cured;
• hearing impairment;
• loco motor disability;
• mental retardation;
• mental illness

convened a meeting at Beijing in December 1992 to launch

Asian and pacific decade of disabled persons 1993-2002.
• In that meeting the proclamation on the full participation and equality of people with Disabilities in the Asian and the pacific region was adopted India being a signatory to the above said proclamation it was obligatory to enact a suitable legislation

equal righties ,participation bill 1995 was introduced in the loksabha

on 26 th August 1995
• This Act may be called the Persons With Disabilities.

The State Coordination Committee
• Prevention And Early Detection Of

Disabilities
• Education
• Employment
• Affirmative Action
• Non – Discrimination
• Research And Manpower Development
• Recognition Of Institutions For Persons With Disabilities
• Institution For Persons With Severe Disabilities
• The Chief Commissioner And Commissioners For Persons With Disabilities
• Social Security

the Persons With Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and

Full Participation) Act, 1995.
• It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
• It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint.
• persons who seek to engage employees from amongst the persons suffering from disabilities;

which person with disability seeking employment may be appointed;
•

"State Co-ordination Committee" means the State Co-ordination Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 13;
• "State Executive Committee" means the State Executive Committee constituted under subsection (l) of section 19.

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; and
• To make special provision of the integration of persons with disabilities into the social mainstream

to take certain steps for the prevention of occurrence of

disabilities. - Within the limits of their economic capacity and development, the appropriate Governments and the local authorities, with a view to preventing the occurrence of disabilities, shall-
• undertake or cause to be undertaken surveys, investigations and research concerning the cause of occurrence of disabilities;
• promote various methods of preventing disabilities;
• screen all the children at least once in a year for the purpose of identifying "at-risk" cases;

primary health centres;
• sponsor or cause to be sponsored

awareness campaigns and disseminate or cause to be disseminated information for general hygiene, health and sanitation;
• take measures for pre-natal, parental and post-natal care of mother and child;
• educate the public through the pre-schools, schools, primary health centres, village level workers and anganwadi workers