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Manual for Disabled Persons

The manual focuses on the legal and social framework for the protection and development of disabled individuals, referred to as Divangya in India. It employs an inter-disciplinary approach to address various issues both nationally and internationally. Key topics include the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act of 2016, constitutional protections, definitions of disability, autonomy, civil liabilities, community living, health care, employment, political participation, educational rights, and social protections. The manual also discusses international humanitarian laws and government schemes for disabled persons.
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This Manual shall collect all the material available for the protection and development of the Disabled Person; in India they are often referred as Divangya . An inter-disciplinary approach has been adopted for discussing the popular issues pertaining to the Dvangayas nationally and Internationally.  Rights Of Persons With Disabilities Act, 2016 has been discussed in a separate article.

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1. Constitutional protections
2. Identity shift of Disable to Divyanga 
3. Defining disability Nationally and internationally
4. Different types of Disability
5. Autonomy And personhood of Disabled Person
6. Legal Competency
7. Civil Liability of Disabled Person
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11. Employment
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13. Deinstitutionalization
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15. Mental health Care  laws
16. National human rights and other Organisational supports
17. Criminal Liabilities
18. Educational rights
19. Social protection
20. Right to die and allied issues
21. Disability and development
22.  Inheritance and Succession of Property
23. International humanitarian laws
24. Disability Asylums
25. Banking Loans
26. Housing facilities
27. Insurance
28. National and International events for Disabled Persons
29. Government schemes

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