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Disability Category(2)
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Type ofDisabilities(3)
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SpecifiedDisability(4)
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Disability Range |
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Eligible for Post Graduate course in Ayurveda,Not Eligible for PwD Quota
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Eligible for Post Graduate course in Ayurveda,Not Eligible for PwD Quota
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Not Eligible for Post Graduate in Ayurveda, |
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Physical Disability |
A. Locomotor Disability, including SpecifiedDisabilities (a to f).
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a. Leprosy cured person* |
Less than 40% disability |
40-80% disability Persons with more than80%disability may also be allowed on case to case basis and theirfunctional competency will be determined with the aid ofassistive devices, if it is being used, to see if it is broughtbelow 80% and whether they possess sufficient motor ability asrequired to pursue and complete the course satisfactorily.
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More than 80% |
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b. Cerebral Palsy** |
| c. Dwarfism |
| d. Muscular Dystrophy |
| e. Acid attack victims |
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f. Others*** such as Amputation, Poliomyelitis,etc.
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* Attention should be paid to loss of sensationsin fingers and hands, amputation, as well as involvement of eyesand corresponding recommendations be looked at.
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** Attention should be paid to impairment ofvision, hearing, cognitive function etc. and correspondingrecommendations be looked at.
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*** Both hands intact, with intact sensations,sufficient strength and range of motion are essential to beconsidered eligible for Post Graduate course in Siddha
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| B. Visual Impairment (*) |
a. Blindness |
Less than 40% disability (i.e. Category '0(10%)', 'I (20%)' & 'II (30%')
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Equal to or More than 40% Disability (i.e.Category III and above)
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b. Low vision |
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| C. Hearing impairment@ |
a. Deaf |
Less than 40% Disability |
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Equal to or more than 40% Disability |
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b. Hard of hearing |
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(*) Persons withVisual impairment / visual disability of more than 40% may bemade eligible to pursue Post Graduate course in Siddha and may begiven reservation, subject to the condition that the visualdisability is brought to a level of less than the benchmark of40% with advanced low vision aids such as telescopes / magnifieretc.@ Persons withhearing disability of more than 40% may be made eligible topursue Post Graduate course in Siddha and may be givenreservation, subject to the condition that the hearing disabilityis brought to a level of less than the benchmark of 40% with theaid of assistive devices.In addition to this, the individual should havea speech discrimination score of more than 60%.
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| D. Speech & language disability$ |
Organic/ neurological causes |
Less than 40% Disability |
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Equal to or more than 40% Disability |
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$ It is proposed thatfor admission to Post Graduate course in Siddha the SpeechIntelligibility Affected (SIA) score shall not exceed 3 (Whichwill correspond to less than 40%) to be eligible to pursue thePost Graduate course in Siddha The individuals beyond this scorewill not be eligible for admission to the Post Graduate course inSiddha.Persons with an Aphasia Quotient (AQ) upto 40%may be eligible to pursue Post Graduate course in Siddha butbeyond that they will neither be eligible to pursue the PostGraduate course in Siddha nor will they have any reservation.
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Intellectual disability |
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a. Specific learning disabilities (Perceptualdisabilities, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dyspraxia &Developmental aphasia)#
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#currently there is no Quantification scaleavailable to assess the severity of SpLD, therefore the cut-offof 40% is arbitrary and more evidence is needed.
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| Less than 40% Disability |
Equal to or more than 40% disability Butselection will be based on the learning competency evaluated withthe help of the remediation/ assisted technology/ aids/infrastructural changes by the Expert Panel
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More than 80% or severe nature or significantcognitive/ intellectual disability
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b. Autism spectrum disorders |
Absence or Mild Disability, As perger syndrome(disability of 40- 60% as per ISAA) where the individual isdeemed fit for Post Graduate course in Siddha by an expert panel
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Currently not recommended due to lack ofobjective method to establish presence and extent of mentalillness. However, the benefit of reservation/quota may beconsidered in future after developing better methods ofdisability assessment.
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Equal to or more than 60% disability or presenceof cognitive/intellectual disability and/or if the person isdeemed unfit for pursuing Post Graduate course in Siddha courseby an expert panel
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Mental behaviour |
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Mental illness |
Absence or mild Disability: less than 40% (underIDEAS)
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Currently not recommended due to lack ofobjective method to establish presence and extent of mentalillness. However, the benefit of reservation/quota may beconsidered in future after developing better methods ofdisability assessment.
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Equal to or more than 40% disability or if theperson is deemed unfit to perform his/her duties. Standards maybe drafted for the definition of “fitness to practicemedicine”, as are used by several institutions of countriesother than India.
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Disability caused due to |
a. Chronic Neurological Conditions |
i. Multiple Sclerosis Less than |
40% Disability |
40-80% disability |
More than 80% |
| ii. Parkinsonism |
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b. Blood Disorders |
i. Haemophilia |
Less than 40% Disability |
40-80% disability |
More than 80% |
| ii. Thalassemia |
| iii. Sickle cell disease |
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Multiple disabilities including deaf blindness |
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More than one of the above specifieddisabilities
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Must consider allabove while deciding in individual cases recommendations withrespect to presence any of the above, namely, Visual, Hearing,Speech & Language disability, Intellectual Disability, andMental Illness as a component of Multiple Disability.Combining Formula asnotified by the related Gazette Notification issued by the Govt.of India{|
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