SLIDE SHOW DISABLED PERSONS

THEIR INCLUSION
26th / 27th MARCH 2011

M.V. BABU RAO, MA.,(Eco.,) M.A.

Hindi, B.Ed., (SEDE), LLB.,
Dy. Director (Retd.)

- Our popln counting is the

biggest Admn. Activity
- Under taken by any country in the
world
- First population census in India
carried out in 1872
- Decennial census from 1981
- The senses continued uninterrupted

- Aim of population census

- India is welfare state
- Annual plans, five year plans,
welfare activities take-up
- Use of population censes
 - Bounders of parliaments , Assembly,
local body segments are decided
- Information available on weaker
section including disabled to
formulate schemes programmers
useful for them
- Trends of the population, behavior
qualities
- Educationists, Business peoples,
Industrialists, Election Commission,
Researchers make use of population
data
- Useful for day to day administration

ESTIMATRION OF PERSONS WITH

DISABILITIES
- Dr. E. Healander of working for
WHO estimates 10 % of population
is disabled
- In 1990 on certain assumptions it is
estimated that ore valance of
moderate, severs, disability needs
rehabilitation is 5.21%
- No standard definition is available.
The estimates vary
- Developed country includes a host of
impairments to recon.
- No special provision to India. to
estimate disability
- No provision exist for lo vision
people, epileptics, hyper active etc.,
- The disable are grouped into 5 main
categories
- (a) V.H., (b) S&HH,(c) Loco
motor handicapped (d) M.H.,
- (e) Neurologically handicapped as
C.P. which is included in loco motor
category
- NSSO made attempts to collect data
on DAPS since 1861
- Data on totally blind dumb crippled
was collected
- population:
Total blind 0.479
million
 Total Dumb 0.277
million
Total Crippled 0.364
million

- 1981, 1991 36th, 47th rounds of

surveys respectively conducts by NSS.
- Brought out report 393 on Physical
disability.
- Brought out report 391 on delayed
mental development

SURVAY OF THE PHYSDICALLY

DISABLED
- NSS 16.5 million, Physically
Disabled in the country 1.9 %, of popl.
- 1991 Serve (Excluding 0 - 5 years
speech disabled)

Disabled Persons in the Country

- Visual 4.005 million,
- Hearing 3.242 million,
- Speech 1.9666 million,
 - Speech / Hearing 4.482 million,
- Locomotors 8.939 million
- Rural / Urban Ration 80:20
- Male / F-male 60:40
- Visual Disability
- Male / F-male 46:54
- In terms of percentage pattern
emerges in 1991 is similar to 1981 censes
- In 1991 survey total speech and
hearing disabled or 9.690 millions
Out of a total of 22. 634 millions. It
constitutes 43% of total disabled.

MAJOR FINDINGS:

- 1. 12.3 % are multi handicapped.

- 2. 9.14 And 6.77% in rural / urban,
House holds at least un disabled
- 3. Prevalence of disability 20/1000
in rural, / urban areas
- 4. 25% in rural - 20% in urban
areas have severe disability cant
 perform self care/daily liven
even with aids / appliances
- 5. Visually Handicapped 70%
are in60+ Age Group
3% 0.14

Speech disability 26%
5-14
Loco motor disability 50%
15-59
60+ Age Group acquire
disabilities after 45 years

COMPARISON BETWEEN 1981, 1991

SAMPLE SURVEY

- Followed same definitions

methodology
- Marginal increase of disabled
population in 1991
- Rural 1.84% in 1981 - 1.99%
in 1991
 - Urban. 1.42% in 1981- 1.58%
in 1991

CAUSES OF DISABILITY AS PER

NSSO SURVEY:

- Cataract, old age, injuries are

causes among V.H.
- 31% of hearing disabled are duet old
age
- For large number reasons not non
- Ear discharges two too is an
important reasons.
- 9% speech disabled - mental
illness / retardation / paralysis
- 40% Other Illness
- 1/3rd polio
- 1/4th Burns /injuries
- 2.3% leprosy
- DEFINITIONS USED BY NSSO :
- Refer to presented paper
- Only observable and obvious
disability causes counted.
 - Mild disabilities have been left out
-
0 4 YEARS H.H. SURVEY
- Reveals 4% in rural, 3.3% in urban
areas have HH.
- Taken 0 4 Years population,
physical disability population is 2.3%

OTHER SERVIEY ICMR

- 1974 Blindness
- 1986 Dr. Mannan WHO
- 1977 Hearing loss
-
ESTIMATES OF M.R.

- No systematic survey
- Nagapoor (Varma) 1968
- Lucknow (Guptha, Sethi) 1970
- Narayana 1981
- 1991 NSSO Survey
a) Studied Extent of delayed M.D.
up to 14 years age
 b) Possible level of among children
- 3%
c) Rural more
d) 1% would be extent of moderate,
serve or profound.

INFERENCE
- 1. Widely divergent results.
- 2. If reasonable safety taken
disabled population would have
3.3% of the 4 categories (visual,
S&HH, Locomotors, M.R.)
- 3. If mild cases included incidence
could the be 20%
- 4. Number of disabled bound to rise
due to
a) Accidents
b) Violence
c) Urbanisation and
Industrialisation

CENSUS 2001 A.P.

 Total 3.14 : 581 1.79%
Rural - 2.00%
Senses 1.46 : 348
Urban - 1.5%
Speech 31 : 474
Males - 2.00%
Hearing 12 : 298 F-
Male - 1.56%
Movement 86 : 171
Mental 38 : 290

- Efforts if disability group through

out the country
- Last minute inclusion as item No 23
last column.
- All categories not included
- No proper publicity
- Visual impaired are moir than any
other disability

CENSUS 2011
 - Disabled groups taken up the
inclusion uses well in advance
- Discussions with P.M. Home
minister DG of census operation
GOI
- Director censes operation AP for
Anuradha IAS too keen interest in
given wide publicity through trainers
from state to mandal level
- Q. No. 9 A schedule front page
from Q. No. 23 of 2001 census
- Alliance partner in AP Uma
Technical and Educational society an
orgn. Working for Dev. of disable
persons in AP since past 25 years
- NP do took lead in giving wide
publicity in AP by slide shows,
Posters pamphlets, Kalajatas with a
team of disabled artistes.

SUGGESSIONS FOR FUTURE

INCLUSION
 - Enumerators / supervisors to be
sensitized
- Parents/disable groups must well in
advance to be sensitized by NGOs /
Assns./ Activists
- Disabled. / Parents must come
forward voluntarily for inclusion.
- Parivaar parents must take lead in
future
- Mass media to be sensitized.

INCLUSION
- Govt / Community / NGOs / Dpos
must do everything, they can do to
include every P.W.D in Rehb.
Process for self sustainability
- Inherent Dignities, Individual
autonomy to be protected while
inclusion
- Main streaming disability issues in
strategies of sustainable development
- Discrimination to be treated
violation of inherent dignity
- Fundamental rights freedom
participation to be the aim of
inclusion
- Process of decision making policies /
programme formulation
- Special care to include women,
child, severe disabled
- Inclusion to be in such a way to
counter negative impact of poverty
- Accessibility of PWDs to physical
social, economic cultural
environment to health Education
To information and communication
- The design of products environment
program and services including
appliances inclusive design.
- Inclusion in participation in the
community to choose their home
family community services of their
choice-privacy
 - Inclusive education system at all
levels and life long learning
- Inclusion in all health services,
health related rehabilitation
- Inclusion in social protection
- Inclusion political & public life
recreation leisure and sports

CONCLUSION
- To open population register at gram
panchayat, divisional level of
municipality/corporate areas.