Disability Rights

The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 replaced a 1995 law that treated disability as a welfare question. It recognises 21 conditions and makes entitlements claimable rather than discretionary. In practice the gap is wide. In Rajasthan, 24.4 per cent of persons with disability hold a disability certificate, and without it no entitlement can be claimed at all. These pieces look at what the Act actually promises, how the UDID card works as the first gate to every right, and why caregivers carry so much of the system on their own time. Sutra trains teachers and caregivers on this law at Umang in Jaipur, and offers free legal assistance on certification and access. See our work on disability rights and inclusion.