Centre flayed for publishing draft policy on disabilities only in Hindi and English Shanmughasundaram J / TNN / Jul 15, 2022, 16:05 IST CHENNAI: The Union social justice and empowerment ministry has drawn flak from activists and representatives of the forums of the disabled people for publishing the draft on disability policy only in Hindi and English languages.The act of publishing the policy draft only in two languages is against the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016, which says communication has to be in all accessible formats such as sign language and braille, according to them.They have demanded that the draft be published in Tamil and other regional languages to facilitate the disabled people across the country to know the changes in the policy.The ministry published the draft policy emphasising the need for its revision. It pointed out that the existing policy was framed in 2006. It sought suggestions from the community on or before August 31.Registering his protest for publishing the draft policy in only in two languages, founder-president of December 3 Movement Deepaknathan took to social media and posted, “The RPWD Act 2016 says communication has to be in all accessible formats. But then why is disability policy not in accessible formats? Why only in English and Hindi?” He tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official Twitter handle and said, “Let the PMO walk the talk!”Member of the technical committee of the differently abled department, Tamil Nadu, Govinda Krishnan wondered: “When ballot papers are printed in braille script in the National Institute of Visually Handicapped in Chennai to encourage blind people to exercise their democratic rights, why cannot the government publish the policy draft on such format?”“The government should also come up with a policy draft on audio and sign language formats for visually and hearing-impaired persons to understand them. The authorities should know that there are many differently abled in rural areas who were not educated and their views should not be ignored when exercise to revise the policy is taken up,” he said. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/centre-flayed-for-publishing-draft-policy-on-disabilities-only-in-hindi-and-english/articleshow/92899615.cms
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