OBO Kiran - MHWI
From: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 8:45 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] ; [email protected] Subject: Wrt article : "A law that enables" As comments are not going through on this page, I am forwarding the same for your action. 1. This article is misleading as it quotes an incorrect PTI article that appeared in your sister publication on the 'merged comprehensive law' which the NAC has NOT recommended. Please refer the recommendations on the NAC website - relevant extract quoted below : The NAC recommends that all relevant laws concerning rights of persons with disabilities may be reviewed from the view point of avoiding inconsistencies and duplication; and amendments if necessary may be carried out in close coordination by various Ministries to ensure furtherance of rights of persons with disabilities. All the concerned Ministries concur with this approach proposed by NAC. Kindly correct the same and update / retract the PTI article and reflect the changes in this article as well. 2. The article states this The earliest, the 1987 Mental Health Act, predates the discourse on affirmative action for the disabled in India and, to that extent, the status of mental illness as a disability remains ambiguous. How can there be any ambiguity when the People With Disabilities Act of 1995 has mental illness in its definition of disability as quoted below?! "Disability" means- 1.. blindness; 1.. low vision; 1.. leprosy-cured; 1.. hearing impairment; 5.. loco motor disability; 5.. mental retardation; 5.. mental illness; Please issue a correction in this regard as well. Thanking you, Sincerely, Kiran -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/MhaNewsViewsIndia?hl=en ------------- Affiliated Groups : MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY INDIA [email protected] Discussions on mental health law / policy / plan monitoring / human rights etc [email protected] India-specific news and views related to mental health [email protected] Information and support to carers of people with mental health issues [email protected] Mutual support and sharing of experiential knowledge, skills and social learning amongst peers
