A Bill on Protection of Rights of People with Special Needs (disAbility Bill in short) has been submitted to the parliament by the government. The Ministry of Health and Family today, invited us to a discussion of issues and comments to the Bill and compile these comments in preperation for Committee discussions when the bill is reffered to it.

The Ministry is currently focusing on getting feedback from stakeholders who are actively working in the field of disAbility,  like ADD, CARE Society and other key stakeholders. The Ministry will be cordinating a meeting to initiate these discussions, which is tentatively scheduled for Monday, 3rd August.

So ADD would like to get more comments from public in aiding the outcome of corrections/additions to this Bill. Here is a copy of the Bill as submitted to parliament.