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Law mooted to bring disabled into mainstream school education

CHENNAI: A legislation to make school education inclusive of the disabled in mainstream institutions was one of the collectives at the end of an international workshop on disability here on Sunday.

A forum of disability experts, special educators and therapists also argued for more teeth to the Persons with Disabilities Act, awareness campaigns on popularising genetic counselling, inoculation against infections like Rubella and meeting antenatal nutritional needs as a means of preventing vertical transfer of disability, and promoting networking among parents and professionals.

The two-day second international conference on early intervention in mental retardation was organised by the Madhuram Narayanan Centre for Exceptional Children.

“After having put in place key legislation and framed welfare policies for the disabled population in the country, the challenge for the country now lies in their effective implementation”, said Veena Chhotray, secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Addressing the valedictory of the event, Ms. Chhotray said the national effort for disability welfare would continue to pursue a collaborative path.

A school-readiness programme that seeks to equip children with disability for mainstream education would be launched shortly by the National Trust, set up by the legislative mandate of 1999, Trust representative Poonam Natarajan said.

T. D. Dhariyal, deputy chief commissioner, office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Delhi, said employment-related complaints topped the list of grievances at the mobile courts, established to arbitrate on unresolved issues of the disabled.

Outlining technology-supported initiatives on the disability education front, Aloka Guha, representing the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), said the uplinking of its e-learning programme for teachers, special educators and counsellors would be expanded from the current 210 centres to 500 centres across India.

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