Workout on Disability Rights

International Day of Persons with Disability

December 3

International Year of Disabled Persons

1981

UN Decade of Disabled Persons

1983 - 1992

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was passed on

2006

India ratified the Convention in

2007

Percentage of world population having Disabilities

15%

Percentage of Indian population having Disabilities

2.1%

Reservations for disabled in higher educational institutions

3 - 5%

Reservations for disabled in government jobs

3-4%

2016 Act of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act increased the types of Disabilities from seven to

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