2. The National Trust is a statutory body of the
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,
Government of India, set up under the
“National Trust for the Welfare of Persons
with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental
Retardation and Multiple Disabilities” Act
(Act 44 of 1999).
3. The National Trust (NT) has been set up to
discharge two basic duties – legal and
welfare.
Legal duties are discharged through Local
Level Committees(LLC) and providing Legal
Guardianships.
Welfare duty is discharged through the
Schemes.
It have a network of more than 550
registered organizations and 628 LLCs at
District level.
4. to enable and empower persons with disability to
live as independently and as fully as possible
within and as close to their community as
possible;
to facilitate the realisation of equal
opportunities, protection of rights and full
participation of persons with disability;
to extend support to its registered organisations
to provide need based services; and
to evolve procedures for appointments of
guardians and trustees for persons with
disabilities.
5. An Act to provide for the constitution of a body at the
National level for the Welfare of Persons with Autism,
Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities
and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu
& Kashmir
"Trust" means the National Trust for the Welfare of Persons
with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple
Disability constituted under sub-section (1) of section 3.
"Board" means Board of trustees constituted under section 3;
"registered organisation" means an association of persons
with disability or an association of parents of persons with
disability or a voluntary organisation, as the case may be,
registered under section 12;
6. "autism" means a condition of uneven skill
development primarily affecting the
communication and social abilities of a
person, marked by repetitive and ritualistic
behaviour;
"cerebral palsy" means a group of non-
progressive conditions of a person
characterised by abnormal motor control and
posture resulting from brain insult or injuries
occurring in the pre-natal, peri-natal or
infant period of development;
7. "Mental Retardation" means a condition of
arrested or incomplete development of mind
of person which is specially characterised by
sub-normality of intelligence;
"Multiple Disabilities" means a combination of
two or more disabilities as defined in clause
(i) of section 2 of the Person with Disabilities
(Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights
and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996);
8. The National Trust works for the welfare of
persons with any of the following four
disabilities
Autism
Cerebral Palsy
Mental Retardation
Multiple Disabilities
9. Registration Process
State Nodal Agency Centre (SNAC)
State Level Coordination Committee (SLCC)
Local Level Committee (LLC)
Legal Guardians
Registered Organisations (RO)
10. Dr. Kamlesh Kumar Pandey
Chairperson National Trust and Chief
Commissioner for PWD
Mr. Mukesh Jain
JS & CEO, National Trust
Other members of Ministry of Social Justice
and Empowerment
11. I. DISHA (Early Intervention and School Readiness Scheme): a
scheme for children in the age group of 0-10 years with the
four disabilities covered under the National Trust Act and
aims at setting up Disha Centres for early intervention for
Person with Disability (PwD) through therapies, trainings and
providing support to family members.
II. VIKAAS (Day Care): a Day care scheme, primarily to expand
the range of opportunities available to a person with
disability for enhancing interpersonal and vocational skills as
they are on a transition to higher age groups.
III. SAMARTH (Respite Care): to provide respite home for orphans or
abandoned, families in crisis and also for Persons with Disabilities
(PwD) from BPL families including destitute with at least one of the
four disabilities covered under the National Trust Act. It also aims at
creating opportunities for family members to get respite time in
order to fulfil other responsibilities.
12. IV. GHARAUNDA (Group Home for Adults): to provide an assured
home and minimum quality of care services throughout the life of the
person Gharaunda Centre should provide vocational activities, pre-
vocational activities and assistance for further training.
V. NIRAMAYA (Health Insurance Scheme): to provide affordable Health
Insurance. All enrolled beneficiaries will get a health insurance cover of up
to Rs. 1.0 lakh as defined in the chart OPD treatment including the
medicines, pathology, diagnostic tests, etc,
VI. SAHYOGI (Caregiver training scheme): This scheme aims at setting
up Caregiver Cells (CGCs) to provide training and create a skilled workforce
of caregivers to provide adequate and nurturing care for Person with
Disabilities (PwD) and their families who require it.
13. VII. GYAN PRABHA (Educational support): aims to encourage
people with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple
Disabilities for pursuing educational/ vocational courses like graduation
courses, professional courses and vocational training leading to
employment or self-employment.
VIII. PRERNA (Marketing Assistance): aims at providing funds to
participate in events such as exhibitions, melas, fairs, etc. to sell the
products made by PwDs. The scheme also provides an incentive to the
Registered Organisation (RO) based on the sales turnover of the
products made by PwDs.
IX. BADHTE KADAM (Awareness and Community Interaction): Aims of
scheme to create community awareness, sensitisation, social integration
and mainstreaming of Persons with Disabilities. The National Trust shall
sponsor a maximum of 4 events for each RO per year. Each RO should
conduct at least 1 event (either for community, educational institutes or
medical institutes) in a year.
14. the supporting devices used by persons with
disabilities in improving their quality of life in
terms of mobility, communication and for
performing their daily activities.
The National Trust has already established a
National Resource Centre for display of available
assistive devices called ‘SAMBHAV’ at AADI (a
registered organisation of the National Trust),
New Delhi
SAMBHAV is a new scheme aims to provide
information on the aids and assistive devices
available for the PwDs under the National Trust
Act.
15. Aids for Daily Living: modified eating utensils, adapted
books, pencil holders, page turners, dressing aids,
adapted personal hygiene aids.
Mobility Aids: electric or manual wheelchairs,
modifications of vehicles for travel, scooters, crutches,
canes and walkers.
Home/workplace modifications: ramps, lifts,
modification in the bathroom to make it accessible,
automatic door openers and expanded doorways etc.
Seating and Positioning: Adapted seating, cushions,
standing tables, positioning belts, braces and wedges to
maintain posture, and devices that provide body
support to help people perform a range of daily tasks.
AAC: speech generating devices, voice amplification
aids and communication software.
16. Prosthetics and Orthotics: splints or braces.
Vehicle Modifications: Adaptive driving aids, hand
controls, wheelchair and other lifts, modified vans, or
other motor vehicles used for personal transportation.
Sensory aids for vision/hearing impaired: such
as magnifiers, large print screens, hearing aids, visual ing
systems, Braille and speech/telecommunication output
devices;
Computer Access Aids: Headsticks, light pointers,
modified or alternate keyboards, switches activated by
pressure, sound or voice, touch screens, special
software, voice to text software
Recreational aids to enable participation in
social/cultural events and sports: audio deion for
movies, adaptive controls for video games etc
Environmental Controls: Electronic systems that help
people control various appliances, switches for
telephone, TV, or other appliances which are activated
by pressure, eyebrows or breath