Rights of People with Disabilities Act of 2016
The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act of 1995 was repealed and replaced by the new law. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), to which India is a signatory, is satisfied by this action.
India, a member of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), has obligations under the adoption of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD Act, 2016). It became effective in December 2016. The 1995 People with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights, and Full Participation) Act is replaced by this one.
Disability has been defined by The Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016, passed on December 28, 2016, and entered into force on April 19, 2017.
Disability Includes:
There are now 21 different sorts of disabilities instead of the previous 7, and the Central Government will have the authority to introduce additional ones.
1. Physical Impairment
- Locomotor Impairment: Leprosy Healing person spinal palsyAchondroplasia muscle weakness victims of acid attacks
- Impairment of vision: Vision loss, Low Visibility
- Deficiency in Hearing: Difficult of Hearing and Deaf, Communication, and Language Impairment.
2. Intelligence Disabilities
- Difficulties in Learning Particular
- Diagnosable Disorder in Autism.
3. Mental Health (Mental Illness)
4. Common Neurodegenerative Conditions like Multiple Sclerosis Cause Impairment in Alzheimer’s Disease
5. Bloody Condition
- Recessive genetic disorders
- Thalassemia
- Sickle-cell disease Disorder.
6. Different (Multiple) Disabilities
People with at least 40% of the difficulties above are considered to have “benchmark disability.”