Critical Analysis of the Disabled Persons : Problems & Solutions
- Jaipur Paradise Pub. 2010
- 167p.
Contents 1. INTRODUCTION Scope of Disability laws Conceptions of the Terms 'Physically Handicapped and Disabled' Causes of Disability (1) Inadequate Nutrition of Mothers and Children including Vitamin Deficiencies. (2) Pre-natal. Natal and Post-natal Damage (3) Misuse of Drugs by Expectant Mothers (4) Accidents (5) Genetic Factor (6) Other Factors 2. THE CONCEPT OF REHABILITATION Some Pre-Requisites for an Adequate Rehabilitation Programme (i) Developing an Improved Public Attitude towards the Handicapped (ii) Weaving the Pattern of Rehabilitation into Practice of Medicine (iii) Planning for Adequate Rehabilitation and Proper Facilities (iv) Integrity of Public and Private Programmes (v) Recruiting and Training Rehabilitation Personnel (vi) Improving the Social Laws to Include Specific Provision for Rehabilitation 1 (vii) Gearing Health Plan Programmes Towards Rehabilitation (viii) Maintaining Flexibility of Programmes to Meet Changing Disability Needs (ix) Approving and Supporting Rehabilitation as an International Force BLINDNESS (a) Congenital blindness: Where the affected person has never experienced sight and is unable to visualize visual concepts. (b) Adventitious blindness: Where the affected person developed blindness later in life, gradually or all of a sudden. (c) Partial sightedness: Where affected person's vision falls 'within the range of 20/200. Deafness and Dumbness Orthopedically Handicapped 4. Insti Hand The Mentally Handicapped Levels of Mental Handicap The Causes of Mental Retardation 3. CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS Legislation The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 Employment Injury Establishment of Employees' State Insurance Corporation Disablement Benefits: (iii) Rate of Disablement Benefit: Conditions Requisite for Getting Disablement Benefit Other conditions Benefit not assignable or attachable Persons not entitled to receive benefits in certain cases Benefits not to be combined The Apprentices Act, 1961 Standard of Physical Fitness reads as follows: The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Liability to pay compensation in certain cases on the principle of no fault Provisions as to other right to claim compensation for death or permanent disability Applicability of certain claims under Act 8 of 1923 Liability without fault in certain cases. Rehabilitative Nature of the Act: An Assessment The Income Tax Act, 1961 Blindness: Deduction in respect of medical treatment of handicapped dependents The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 Institutions for the Visually Handicapped • National Institute for the Visually Handicapped (NIVH), Dehradun Roles and Responsibilities Research Programmes Services (iv) Reading Material Consultancy and Community Awareness Training Programmes Training Centers Education for the Visually Handicapped Central Braille Press National Library for the Handicapped Workshop for Making Braille Appliances Sheltered Workshop and Other Programmes Vocational Training Manpower Development Research and Development Regional Centre at Poonamallee, Madras (a) National Association for the Blind (NAB ) (b) The Tata Agricultural and Rural Training Centre for Blind, Phansa, Distt. Valsad, Gujarat.2 (c) National Academy of the Teachers of the Blind 4. INSTITUTIONS FOR THE ORTHOPEDICALLY HANDICAPPED Achievements (a) National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research (NIRTAR), Cuttack Objectives Human Resources Development Rehabilitation Services Outreach Programmes 0 Research Activities Information and Documentation (b) National Institute for the Orthopedically Handicapped, (NIOH) Calcutta Rehabilitation Services (c) Institute for the Physically Handicapped (IPH), New Delhi Assessment Clinic Occupational Therapy OPD Workshops (d) Institutions for the Deaf Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Hearing Handicapped, Bombay Training Programme Material Development Collaborative Programmes Institutions for the Mentally Handicapped National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped, (NIMH) Secunderabad Training Programme Number of Institutions and their state-wise/ City-wise Distribution. 5. CONCLUSION • References