Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 46
  • Issue: 1

“Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016”: Appraisal and Critical Review

  • Author:
  • Masroor Jahan1, Amool R. Singh2,, M. Thomas Kishore3, Amble Tom4
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 5 to 13

1Additional Professor, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, RINPAS, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand-834006

2Professor, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, RINPAS, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand-834006

3Additional Professor, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS, Bangaluru, Karnataka

4Ph. D. Scholar, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, RINPAS, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand-834006

*Corresponding Author: Prof. (Dr.) Amool R. Singh, Email: sisamool@yahoo.com

Online published on 13 January, 2020.

Abstract

The “Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016” is revised PWD Act which was enacted in 1995. Importantly, the list of disabilities has been expanded from 7 to 21 conditions. The new Act addresses “Rights and entitlement of persons with disabilities, education, skill development, employment, duties and responsibilities of Government besides guidelines for assessment and certification of disabilities etc.”. The critical appraisal of the Act is given briefly in this article.

Keywords

Disability Certification, Intellectual Disability, SLD, Mental Illness