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TMI BlogPERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROTECTION OF RIGHTS & FULL PARTICIPATION) ACT, 1995*X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... propriate Government means,- (i) in relation to the Central Government or any establishment wholly or substantially financed by that Government, or a Cantonment Board constituted under the Cantonment Act, 1924 (2 of 1924), the Central Government; (ii) in relation to a State Government or any establishment wholly or substantially financed by that Government, or any local authority, other tha ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... (vii) mental illness; ** ** ** (l) hearing impairment means loss of sixty decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies; ** ** ** (n) leprosy-cured person means any person who has been cured of leprosy but is suffering from- (i) loss of sensation in hands or feet as well as loss of sensation and paresis in the eye and eye-lid but with no manife ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... of arrested or incomplete development of mind of a person which is specially characterised by subnormality of intelligence; ** ** ** (t) person with disability means a person suffering from not less than forty per cent of any disability as certified by a medical authority; (u) person with low vision means a person with impairment of visual functioning even after treatment or standard ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d under sub-section (1), is fit for the rehabilitation of the persons with severe disabilities, the Government may recognise such institution as an institution for persons with severe disabilities for the purposes of this Act : Provided that no institution shall be recognised under this section unless such institution has complied with the requirements of this Act and the rules made thereunde ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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