Critical Analysis of the Disabled Persons : Problems & Solutions

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