Srinagar,03-Dec;The 3rd December, observed as “International Day of Persons with Disabilities” reminds us about the persons with disabilities including the especially abled children. The day aims to have the full integration of persons with disabilities with the rest in different aspects of life like social, political, economic, cultural, scientific and technological.In India Right of Persons with Disabilities (RPWD) Act of 2016 recognizes 21 disability conditions. It has replaced Persons with Disabilities ( PWD) Act 1995 which recognized only seven disability conditions. The Right of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 is in pure harmony with the United Nations Convention on Right of Persons With Disabilities and provides a legal framework, generates awareness about the rights of persons with disabilities and promotes equity based inclusion. Of the one billion populations of Persons with disabilities 80% live in developing countries. It is estimated that 46% of the older people aged 60 years and over are people with disabilities and one in every five women is likely to experience disability in her life while one in every ten children is a child with a disability.
