Employment Opportunities for Differently Abled Population

Disability is generally a condition either caused by accident, trauma, genetics or disease, which may restrict a person’s mental processes, senses or mobility. A disability may be generally defined as a condition which may restrict a person’s mental, sensory, or mobility functions to undertake or perform a task in the same way as a person who does not have a disability. Disability is a condition of function judged to be significantly impaired relative to the usual standard of an individual or group. The term disability is used to refer to individual functioning, including physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment, mental illness, and various types of chronic disease. Under the Equality Act 2010, a person is considered to be disabled if they have “a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to perform normal day-to-day activities” The policies and legislation on disability are framed for empowering the persons with disabilities to live better life on par with the non-disabled persons. The persons with disabilities (Equal Opportunities Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995 is the main legal instrument for persons with disabilities. This Act includes seven categories of disabilities such as blindness, low vision, hearing impaired, mental retardation, loco-motor disability, leprosy-cured and Autism. All these policies and legislations emphasize the rights of the persons with disabilities in the field of education, employment and empowerment in the society