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The time for a national disability registry is now ISTOCK.COM   -  istock.com/kali9× The user-driven registry will serve as the best foundation to empower persons with disability to live to their fullest and highest potential A disability-wise registry at the national level is the absolute minimum need, and the starting point to transform the quality of life for every person with disability in India. The registry must be user-driven and entrusted to the nodal user organisation in each disability. Policy, interventions, lifestyle enablers and research must be underpinned by the registry. ...

900 residents of IMH set to receive Centre’s unique disability ID cards Updated: Updated: These cards will help them get benefits under various government schemes Share Article AAA Special privilege: Doctors assessing a patient at the Institute of Mental Health to issue ID cards on Saturday.   | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran These cards will help them get benefits under various government schemes About 900 residents of the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) are getting disability identity cards. The work on registering the patients with the State government and getting them the Centre’s U...