The time for a national disability registry is now
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The user-driven registry will serve as the best foundation to empower persons with disability to live to their fullest and highest potential
A disability-wise registry at the national level is the absolute minimum need, and the starting point to transform the quality of life for every person with disability in India.
The registry must be user-driven and entrusted to the nodal user organisation in each disability. Policy, interventions, lifestyle enablers and research must be underpinned by the registry.
I am a person living wonderfully well with a spinal cord injury for 30 years now. I was fortunate to be on the radar and guided to a high-quality institution for my rehabilitation (training in independent living), which enabled me to move ahead on all fronts, including going straight back to the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore to complete my MBA programme.