ABSTRACT

In India, disabled people make up around 2 percent of the overall population. Information on the magnitude, level of disabilities, age at the start of disability, potential origin of disability, etc. is quite relevant in order to create an effective social inclusion plan for the disabled. The Persons with Disabilities Survey offers a database of the occurrence and prevalence of disabilities in the region, along with numerous other measures specific to persons with disabilities. For the preparation and decision making of persons with disabilities, statistical metrics extracted from a survey of persons with disabilities are needed. In present review, we have compared the results obtained by surveys of persons with disabilities conducted by National Statistical Office (NSO) from 15th round July-1959 to latest 76th round JulyDecember 2018. Disability prevalence in India (percentage of individuals with disabilities in Indian population) was 2.2%. In rural regions, it was 2.3 per cent and in metropolitan areas, 2.0 per cent. Disability occurrence was greater among males than among females. For males, disability prevalence was 2.4 percent, which was 1.9 percent for females. The incidence of disability in the community, that is, the amount of individuals whose incidence of disability (by birth or otherwise) existed 365 days prior to the date of the study, was 86 per 1,00,000 persons. The survey findings are beneficial to numerous stakeholders such as the National Institution for the Transforming India (NITI Aayog), the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, various Institutes/Organizations, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) of the United Nations and various researchers. By considering the present scenario, we have also highlighted the impact of COVID-19 on persons with intellectual disability. Individuals with intellectual disability experiences with the pandemic must be elicited in order to comprehend the effects on their life and how they have saved themselves from infections. Keywords: Intellectual Disabilities; India; COVID-19, NSSO; NSO 76th round
Publication date: 15/12/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.12.1003