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The overall prevalence of people with disabilities is 4.52% of the population, i.e., 63.28 million, according to the ICMR's publication from the NFHS-5 survey 2019-21.[1] India is a party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Legislation that affects people with disabilities in India includes the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, the Mental Health Care Act, 2017, the National Trust Act, 1999, and the Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992. People with disabilities in India are faced with negative social attitudes in the wider population.
- ^ Pattnaik, Sweta; Murmu, Jogesh; Agrawal, Ritik; Rehman, Tanveer; Kanungo, Srikanta; Pati, Sanghamitra (2023). "Prevalence, pattern and determinants of disabilities in India: Insights from NFHS-5 (2019–21)". Frontiers in Public Health. 11. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1036499. ISSN 2296-2565. PMC 10009251. PMID 36923034.