According to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 of India, there are 21 types of disabilities that have been identified. These are:
- Blindness
- Low-vision
- Leprosy Cured Persons
- Hearing Impairment (deaf and hard of hearing)
- Locomotor Disability
- Dwarfism
- Intellectual Disability
- Mental Illness
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Cerebral Palsy
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Chronic Neurological conditions
- Specific Learning Disabilities
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Speech and Language disability
- Thalassemia
- Hemophilia
- Sickle Cell disease
- Multiple Disabilities including deaf-blindness
- Acid Attack victim
- Parkinson’s disease
It is important to note that different countries may have identified a similar but not the same set of conditions for providing benefits to persons with disabilities.
