The “Rights of Persons with Disabilities” Act was unanimously passed by the Parliament of India on 27December 2016 (RPWD-2016) and became operational from 19 April 2017 onwards. With its base onthe United Nations Convention for Rights of Persons of the Disability, the RPWD-2016 supports acomprehensive approach to disability. The International Classification of Functions is the cynosure ofRPWD-2016 and improving the social activity level and participation of an individual with disabilityregardless of any ethnocultural, environmental, cognitive-communicative, socioeconomic, geographical, orpolitical barriers is considered the epitome of rehabilitation. It provides the state government,professionals, and society with the onus of minimizing barriers and maximizing community integration ofpersons with disability.
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