What we do

RPwD Act training for teachers and caregivers, research, advisory and legal aid, built around one question: does the law reach the person it was written for?

RPwD Act training, research and legal aid

Training and capacity building

We train the people who sit closest to a child with a disability: teachers, parents and other caregivers. Sessions cover what the RPwD Act 2016 actually entitles a child to, which documents are needed, and the practical steps to claim an entitlement when an office says no.

This is our largest body of work so far. In partnership with Umang in Jaipur we have run three sessions, on 5 September, 19 September and 6 October 2026, and trained 500 people. The sessions are built around the questions families actually bring, not around the structure of the statute.

It is for schools, parent groups and frontline teams who want their people to understand the law well enough to use it, and for the caregivers of children with disabilities who carry most of the work. If you would like us to run a session, write to us and tell us who the audience is and what they are stuck on.

Policy research

We study what happens to legislation after it is passed. A statute can be well drafted and still fail at the district office, the classroom or the anganwadi, and that gap is our subject. What schools owe is set out in our piece on inclusive education in India.

Our starting position is that a figure without a source is not evidence. Where we state a number we name where it came from, and where no reliable figure exists we say so rather than estimating. In Rajasthan the numbers that matter are blunt: 24.4 per cent of persons with disability hold a disability certificate, and only 12.7 per cent of government schools have a working toilet a child with a disability can use.

It is for funders, officials and organisations who need a clear read on how a policy is behaving in practice. Our published analysis is free to read on our insights pages.

Advisory

We advise organisations on what disability law requires of them. That covers obligations under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, and digital accessibility standards for websites, documents and services.

We currently advise 3 Sixty Law Group on disability law and accessibility. The work is practical rather than theoretical: what a particular obligation means for a particular process, and what has to change to meet it.

It is for firms, institutions and departments reviewing their own practice, and for organisations building a digital service that disabled people will have to use. If you are unsure whether a duty applies to you, that is usually the right moment to ask.

Pro bono legal aid

We give free legal assistance on disability rights matters. That includes disability certification and the UDID card, access to entitlements and schemes, physical and digital accessibility, and discrimination.

There is no fee at any stage. We are a small team and cannot take every case, so we will tell you honestly and quickly whether we can help, rather than leaving an enquiry open.

It is for individuals and families who cannot afford representation, and for organisations supporting someone through a claim. Write to us with the situation, what has already been tried and what the office or institution has said. We do not operate a telephone helpline.

If you have a problem of implementation, write to us.

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