Appendix “H”

Classification of “Specified Disabilities” under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Act, 2016 with respect to admission in MBBS”

Note

1. The “Certificate of Disability” shall be issued in accordance with the Rights of

Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017 notified in the Gazette of India by the by the
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment [Department of Empowerment of Persons
with Disabilities (Divyangjan)] on 15th June 2017.

2. The extent of “specified disability” in a person shall be assessed in accordance

with the “Guidelines for the purpose of assessing the extent of specified disability in a
person included under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016)”
notified in the Gazette of India by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
[Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan)] on 5th January
2018.

3. The minimum degree of disability should be 40% in order to be eligible for

availing reservation for persons with specified disability.

Disability Range
Disability Type

Benchmark
Disabilities

Sno Specified Disability Eligible for Eligible for Medical

Not Eligible for
Medical Course, Course, Eligible for PH
Medical Course
Not Eligible for PH Quota
Quota
a. Leprosy cured
person 40-80% :
(Specified Disability a-f)
A.Locomotor Disability /

b. Cerebral Palsy Persons with more than

80% disability may also be
c. Dwarfism Less than 40% allowed; but after their
More than 80%
d. Muscular disability selection, their functional
Dystrophy competency will be
Physical Disabilities

e. Acid attack victims determined with the aid of

assistive devices.
f. Others
1
Less than 40%
a. Blindness Equal to or More than
Impairment

disability
40% Disabilitiy (i.e.
B. Visual

(i.e. Category ___

Category III and
b. Low vision '0(10%)', 'I(20%)' &
above)
'II(30%')
a. Deaf
impairment
C. Hearing

Less than 40% Equal to or more than

___
b. Hard of hearing Disability 40% Disability
 Disability Range

Disability Type

Benchmark
Disabilities
Sno Specified Disability Eligible for Eligible for Medical
Not Eligible for
Medical Course, Course, Eligible for PH
Medical Course
Not Eligible for PH Quota
Quota
D. Speech &
language

a. Organic/
disability

neurological causes

a. Specific learning
disabilities (Perceptual
disabilities, Dyslexia, Less than 40% Equal to or more than
___
Dyscalculia, Dyspraxia Disability 40%
& Developmental
Intellectual disability

aphasia)

Currently not
Absence or Mild
2 recommended due to the Equal to or more than
Disability, Asperger
above-mentioned lack of 60% disability or
syndrome
objective method to presence of
(disability of 40-
establish presence and cognitive/intellectual
b.Autism spectrum 60% as per ISAA)
extent of mental illness. disability and/or if the
disorders where the
However, the benefit of person is deemed
individual is
reservation/quota may be unfit for perusing
deemed fit for
considered in future after MBBS course by an
MBBS course by
developing better methods expert panel.
an expert panel
of disability assessment.
Equal to or more than
Currently not 40% disability or if the
recommended due to the person is deemed
above-mentioned lack of unfit to perform
Mental behaviour

objective method to his/her duties.

Absence or mild establish presence and Standards may be
3 a. Mental illness Disability: less than extent of mental illness. . drafted for the
40% (under IDEAS) However, the benefit of definition of “fitness to
reservation/quota may be practice medicine”, as
considered in future after are used by several
developing better methods institutions of
of disability assessment. countries other than
India.
Disability due to Chronic
Neurological Conditions

a. Multiple Sclerosis
Disability caused due to

Less than 40%

40-80% More than 80%
Disability
4
b. Parkinsonism
disord
Blood

Less than 40%

due

a. Haemophilia 40-80% More than 80%

ility

Disability
to
 Disability Range

Disability Type

Benchmark
Disabilities
Sno Specified Disability Eligible for Eligible for Medical
Not Eligible for
Medical Course, Course, Eligible for PH
Medical Course
Not Eligible for PH Quota
Quota

b.Thalassemia

c. Sickle cell disease

Multiple disabilities including deaf

Combining Formula as notified by the Govt. a + b (90-a)

90
(where a= higher value of disability % and b=lower value of disability %
blindness

as calculated for different disabilities)

a. Combination of
5 is recommended for computing the disability arising when more than
above
one disabling condition is present in a given individual. This formula
may be used in cases with multiple disabilities, and recommendations
regarding admission and/or reservation made as per the specific
disabilities present in a given individual

* Persons with disabilities of 40% or more may be allowed to pursue medical education, if the extent of
disability can be brought down to below 40% with aid of assistive devices.