{"id":11957,"date":"2023-10-08T14:50:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T14:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/?p=11957"},"modified":"2023-10-09T07:06:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T07:06:41","slug":"persons-with-disabilities-indian-society-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/persons-with-disabilities-indian-society-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Persons with Disabilities – Indian Society Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In their daily lives, individuals with disabilities encounter discrimination and a loss of dignity. According to the 2011 Census, there are 68 crore individuals with disabilities in India, comprising 2.21% of the country’s total population. However, the World Health Organization reports that 15% of the world’s population faces some form of disability. Among those with disabilities in India, men make up 56%, while women comprise the remaining 44%. Disabilities may include visual, hearing, speech, locomotors, and mental impairments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Indian Constitution guarantees the equality, freedom, justice, and dignity of all individuals, and implicitly calls for an inclusive society that includes people with disabilities. The State Governments have the primary responsibility for empowering individuals with disabilities, in accordance with the Constitution. India has also signed the Declaration on the Full Participation and Equality of People with Disabilities in the Asia Pacific. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Article 41 of the Indian Constitution mandates that the state must make effective provisions to secure the right to education, work, and public assistance for people with disabilities, within the constraints of its economic capacity and level of development. The Constitution assigns direct responsibility for the empowerment of individuals with disabilities to the State Governments in the schedule of subjects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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