Riddles of Nature

About The Book:- Disability is a condition or function judged to be significantly impaired relative to the usual standard of an individual or group. The term is used to refer to individual functioning, including physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment mental illness, and various types of chronic disease. Disability is a global problem. They are found more or less in every country. Physical or mental disability is a silent crisis that not only affects the disabled persons and their families but also the social and economic development of entire society. The society has a moral responsibility to see and also to provide persons with disabilities all kinds of opportunities in order that the concerned disabled persons enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedom. Discrimination faced by disabled persons in education and in the employment sector and their continuous exclusion from the society at large, their potentialities remain untapped by the society. The United Nations declared 1981 as the International Y ear of Disabled Persons, in order to draw the world attention towards the plight of the disabled, recognise that disability as the first and foremost a human rights issue. Government of India already implemented various acts for the welfare of the disabled. It is hoped that the present edition of this book will be beneficial to all concerned of the society, in general and students, l awyer s, advocat es, academi ci ans, human r i ght s institutions, researchers and NGOs working in human rights field, in particular. Content of this book is (a) Introduction; (b) Disable person in Asia; (c) Disable person in Africa; (d) Disable person in other Continents; (e) Disable person in India; (f) Challenges and difficulties of Disable person; (g) Assistance to Disable Persons; (h) Human Rights Perspectives ; (i ) Conclusion and Recommendations. About The Author:- Professor Rohini Prasad is a Gold Medallist (M A , P h. D) in economics and is working as a Professor and Head in the department of Economics with Dean of faculty of social science, at Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. He has more than 32 years of teaching experience in the field of economics and 26 years of research work experience in the field of Tribal development, Rural Development, Sustainable environmental economics and social change etc. 30 Scholars of Ph.D. and 40 scholars of M.Phil have completed their degree under his supervision. Dr. Rohini Prasad has awarded two projects by UGC and one project by Indian Council of Social Science Research New Delhi. He has published more than one hundred research papers in national & international journals and four books accordingly. He has attended & contributed his research papers in more than two hundreds conferences/symposiums/workshop/seminars. He has designed new syllabus for the graduate & post graduate classes at the tenure of social science Dean and Chairman of board of studies. He has more than thirty years of administrative experience of the different posts like Dean of student's welfare and others experience of different committee in higher education. He is the member of executive council of Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur (C.G.) Dr. Sukanta Sarkar (MA, PhD) is working as Assistant Professor in Faculty of Management Studies, ICF AI University, Agartala Tripura, India. He did bachalor and master degree in Economics from Tripura University. He was awarded doctorate degree for his research work on socio-economic changes of rubber tappers in Tripura. Currently he is Post-Doctorial Fellow (PDF), Department of Economics, Berhampur University, Odisha. He qualified UGC-NET Exam in December/2006. He presented more than thirty research papers in various seminars, conferences and symposiums. He has been published more than hundred research papers in foreign and national journals. He was previously worked as visiting lecturer in National Institute of Technology, Agartala and Tripura University. He has research interest in various topics like agricultural crisis, rural development , women empowerment, sustainable development and social problems. Content:- Preface 7 Abbreviations 9 1. Introduction 15 Who are Human? • Social Problem • Who are Disable People? • The United Nations and indigenous persons with disabilities • Millennium Development Goals • Challenges before Disability• Conclusion 2. Disability: Global Perspectives 25 • Introduction • Estimation of Disability • Disable People in Africa • Disable People in Europe • Disable People in North America • Disable People in Central America • Disable People in South America • Disable People in Australia • Disable People in Asia • Conclusion 3. Disable People in Asia 129 Introduction • Disable People in Asia • Disable People in South Asia • Disable People in MiddleEast • Disable People in East Asia • Disable People in Central Asia • Disable People in South-East Asia• Conclusion 4. Disable People in India 217 Introduction • Estimation of Disability in India • Reasons of Disability in India • National Skill Development Mission • International standards and conventions in India • Government Efforts and Employment • Role of Supreme Court of India • Some of the Landmark Judgments • Conclusion 5. Challenges of Disable People 235 Introduction • Types of Abuse • Lack of Appropriate Communication • Refugees • Lack of Education • Lack of Employment • Conclusion 6. Assistance to Disable People 249 Introduction • Disability Certificate • Schemes for Disable People • The Indian Law and Disability • Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 • The Rehabilitation Council of India Act 1992 • The National Trust for Welfare of Persons Act 1999 • The Mental Health Act, 1987 • The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014 • International Human Rights Law • The Disability Rights Movement • International Disability Rights Monitor• Prevention of Disability • Conclusion 7. Conclusion and Recommendations 281 Bibliography 287 Index 353 The Title 'Riddles of Nature written/authored/edited by Mahinder N. Gulati', published in the year 2015. The ISBN 9788121212816 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 232 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Education & Reference / General. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-