Employment and job reservation for PWD including Autistic Individuals.
" People with physical or mental disability are not only among the most deprived human beings in the world, they are also, frequently enough, the most neglected." - Amartya Sen
Estimates of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in India vary greatly depending on the source. The 2001 census found 21.91 million disabled persons (2.13 % of the population), but there are serious constraints of methodology, definition, invisibility and social stigma in census estimates. Using more inclusive definitions and methodologies, the World Bank (2007)1 estimates that disabled persons are anywhere between 4 to 8% of India’s population, or about 40-90 million persons. But direct spending by the government on the disability sector has been merely 0.05 to 0.07% of its budget.
There are multiple laws in India that provide and protect the rights of people with disability in India. These are the
- National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 (NTA 1999),
- National Mental Health Act, 1987 (NMHA 1987),
- Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (PWD 1995)
- The Rehabilitation Council of India, Act 1992 (RCI 1992)
There are several laws and enactment enforced from time to time in our country , however nobody concerned about empowering and enabling the basic , higher and professional and/or vocational education to the persons with disability and therefore even after seven years of issuing of Office Order by the concerned Ministry no positive effect felt in the society for upliftment of PWD and their associated families.
According to the NAC there should be a single National Disability Commission, and State Disability Commissions, on the lines of National Commissions for other socially disadvantaged groups, such as Women, Children, Minorities, SC and ST. Much thought would need to go into the composition of these bodies, ensuring due representation to PWDs across a wide range of social categories, PWD collectives, associations of parents and guardians of PWDs, human rights organisations and NGOs working with PWDs.
One may see the latest notification from Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training , GOI as per link given below.
http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02adm/36035_6_2012-Estt.Res.-14122012.pdf
Labels: Autism, Cerebral Palsy, emplyment of PWD, GOI, NMHA 1987, NTA 1999, Public grievances, PWD, World Bank
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