TMI BlogRIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY ACT, 2016X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 06 (41 of 2006), the Central Government; (ii) in relation to a State Government or any establishment, wholly or substantially financed by that Government, or any local authority, other than a Cantonment Board, the State Government; (c) barrier means any factor including communicational, cultural, economic, environmental, institutional, political, social, attitudinal or structural factors which hampers the full and effective participation of persons with disabilities in society; (d) care-giver means any person including parents and other family Members who with or without payment provides care, support or assistance to a person with disability; (e) certifying authority means an authority designated under sub-section (1) of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nchmark disability for daily activities, to take independent and informed decision to access facilities and participating in all areas of life including education, employment, family and community life and treatment and therapy; (m) inclusive education means a system of education wherein students with and without disability learn together and the system of teaching and learning is suitably adapted to meet the learning needs of different types of students with disabilities; (n) information and communication technology includes all services and innovations relating to information and communication, including telecom services, web based services, electronic and print services, digital and virtual services; (o) institution means ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ative or other society, associations, trust, agency, institution, organisation, union, factory or such other establishment as the appropriate Government may, by notification, specify; (w) public building means a Government or private building, used or accessed by the public at large, including a building used for educational or vocational purposes, workplace, commercial activities, public utilities, religious, cultural, leisure or recreational activities, medical or health services, law enforcement agencies, reformatories or judicial foras, railway stations or platforms, roadways bus stands or terminus, airports or waterways; (x) public facilities and services includes all forms of delivery of services to the public at large, incl ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... employees from amongst the persons with disabilities; (ii) persons with benchmark disability who seek employment; (iii) vacancies to which persons with benchmark disabilities seeking employment may be appointed; (zc) specified disability means the disabilities as specified in the Schedule; (zd) transportation systems includes road transport, rail transport, air transport, water transport, para transit systems for the last mile connectivity, road and street infrastructure, etc; (ze) universal design means the design of products, environments, programmes and services to be usable by all people to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialised design and shall apply to assistive devices inclu ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ultiple dystrophy have incorrect and missing information in their genes, which prevents them from making the proteins they need for healthy muscles. It is characterised by progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue; (e) acid attack victims means a person disfigured due to violent assaults by throwing of acid or similar corrosive substance. B. Visual impairment- (a) blindness means a condition where a person has any of the following conditions, after best correction- (i) total absence of sight; or (ii) visual acuity less than 3/60 or less than 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with best possible correction; or (iii) limitation of the field of vision subt ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... (b) autism spectrum disorder means a neuro-developmental condition typically appearing in the first three years of life that significantly affects a person's ability to communicate, understand relationships and relate to others, and is frequently associated with unusal or stereotypical rituals or behaviours. 3. Mental behaviour,- mental illness means a substantial disorder of thinking, mood, perception, orientation or memory that grossly impairs judgment, behaviour, capacity to recognise reality or ability to meet the ordinary demands of life, but does not include retardation which is a conditon of arrested or incomplete development of mind of a person, specially characterised by subnormality of intelligence. 4. Disabili ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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