Abstract - NATIONAL TRUST FOR WELFARE OF PERSONS WITH AUTISM, CEREBRAL PALSY, MENTAL RETARDATION AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES ACT, 1999 - Income-tax Act, 1961

SECTION 2 OF NATIONAL TRUST FOR WELFARE OF PERSONS WITH AUTISM, CEREBRAL PALSY, MENTAL RETARDATION AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES ACT, 1999 Definitions. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) autism means a condition of uneven skill development primarily affecting the communication and social abilities of a person, marked by repetitive and ritualistic behaviour; ** ** ** (c) cerebral palsy means a group of non-progressive conditions of a person characterised by abnormal motor control posture resulting from brain insult or injuries occurring in the prenatal, perinatal or infant period of development; ** ** ** (g) mental retardation means a condition of arrested or incomplete development of mind of a person which is specially characterised by sub-normality of intelligence; (h) multiple disabilities means a combination of two or more disabilities as defined in clause (i) of section 2 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996); ** ** ** (j) person with disability means a person suffering from any of the conditions relating to autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation or a combination of any two or more of such conditions and includes a person suffering from severe multiple disability; ** ** ** (o) severe disability means disability with eighty per cent or more of one or more of multiple disabilities; ** ** **