Lok Sabha Question No. 3203 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Assistance to individuals with Autism
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3203 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2022

## ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM

## 3203.   SHRI DHARMENDRA KASHYAP:

Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state?

- (a) the details of the schemes being implemented for assistance of individuals with autism;
- (b) the details of the beneficiaries, scheme-wise, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh; and
- (c) the steps being taken by Government to improve awareness on intellectual disabilities like autism?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SUSHRI PRATIMA BHOUMIK)

- (a):    The  Schemes  of  the  Ministry  are  equally  applicable  to  all  categories  of  Persons  with Disabilities  covered  under  the  Rights  of  Persons  with  Disabilities  Act,  2016  including  persons with autism.  However, the National Trust for the welfare Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation  and  Multiple  Disability  implements the  following  schemes  exclusively  for persons with these four categories of disabilities:
- (i) Disha: an early intervention and school readiness scheme for children in the age group of 0-10 years;
- (iii) Disha-cum-Vikaas: day care scheme;
- (ii) Vikaas: day care scheme for enhancing inter-personal and vocational skills for 10+ years;
- (iv) Samarth: respite care for orphans or abandoned, family in crisis etc.;
- (vi) Samarth-cum-Gharaunda Scheme (Residential); and
- (v) Gharaunda: group home for adults;
- (vii) Nirmaya: Health Insurance Scheme.
- (b):Details  of  the  beneficiaries  under  the  above  schemes  of  the  National  Trust,  State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh is at Annexure.
- (c): National Trust for the welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation & Multiple Disabilities has taken the following steps to raise awareness on Intellectual Disabilities like autism:
- (i) Four training  programmes were organised for training of Doctor's (Pediatricians, Psychiatrists and Psychologists) as Master Trainers on Evaluation and Assessment of Autism and procedure for Certification held during the period from 2016 to 2018.
- (ii) National  Conference  on  Autism  was  organized  in  New  Delhi  on  03.04.2017  involving NGOs, Professionals and Parents of Divyangjan.
- (iii) National Seminar on Building Legal Capacity of Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (PwIDDs) was organised in collaboration with Indian Law Institute,

New  Delhi  on  23 rd October,  2019  to  discuss  issues  being  faced  by  Persons  with  Intellectual Development Disabilities. in various spheres of life to address the concerns of parents of persons.

(iv) National  Convention  on  Digital  Best  Practices  and  North  East  Summit  for  Persons  with Intellectual  and  Developmental  Disabilities  (PwIDDs)  was  held  on  07.08.2021  with  focus  on generating awareness in the seven States in North East Region of the Country.

(v) A virtual Meeting with officials of the Government of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh was organized on 31st August 2021 for raising awareness and developing a roadmap for implementation of schemes and activities of the National Trust in the region.

(vi) A virtual seminar for 'Assisted Living programme of Adult Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (PwIDDs)' was held on 07.09.2021.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3203 FOR ASNWER  ON  22.03.2022 REGARDING ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM

## Details of the beneficiaries, scheme-wise, state/UTs -wise including Uttar Pradesh

S.

States /

Disha

Vikaas

Disha-

Samarth

Gharaun

Samart

Niramay

Total

|   N. | UT's             |    |     |   cum- Vikaas |     |   da |   h-cum- Gharau nda |     a |       |
|------|------------------|----|-----|---------------|-----|------|---------------------|-------|-------|
|    1 | Andhra Pradesh   |  0 |   0 |           179 |   0 |   40 |                  30 |  6895 |  7144 |
|    2 | Assam            | 38 |  48 |             0 |  30 |    0 |                   0 |    40 |   156 |
|    3 | Bihar            | 14 |  29 |            84 |   0 |    0 |                   0 |   194 |   321 |
|    4 | Chandigarh (UT)  | 20 |   0 |             0 |   0 |    0 |                   0 |    17 |    37 |
|    5 | Chhattisgarh     |  0 |   0 |             0 |   0 |    0 |                  60 |    73 |   133 |
|    6 | Daman& Diu       |  0 |   0 |             0 |   0 |    0 |                   0 |     8 |     8 |
|    7 | Delhi (UT)       |  7 |  28 |            28 |   0 |   27 |                   0 |   470 |   560 |
|    8 | Goa              |  0 |   0 |             0 |   0 |    0 |                   0 |    33 |    33 |
|    9 | Gujarat          |  0 |  19 |            76 |  30 |    0 |                   0 | 10365 | 10490 |
|   10 | Haryana          | 18 |  60 |             0 |   0 |    0 |                   0 |   207 |   285 |
|   11 | Himachal Pradesh |  0 |   8 |            30 |   0 |    0 |                   0 |    46 |    84 |
|   12 | Jammu& Kashmir   |  0 |   0 |             0 |   0 |    0 |                   0 |     2 |     2 |
|   13 | Jharkhand        |  0 |   0 |             0 |  30 |    0 |                   0 |   210 |   240 |
|   14 | Karnataka        | 20 |  13 |             0 |   0 |   20 |                   0 |  2126 |  2179 |
|   15 | Kerala           | 20 |   0 |             0 |   0 |    0 |                   0 | 74368 | 74388 |
|   16 | Lakshadwee p     |  0 |   0 |             0 |   0 |    0 |                   0 |     6 |     6 |
|   17 | Madhya Pradesh   | 75 | 131 |           199 |  30 |   80 |                  90 |  5880 |  6485 |
|   18 | Maharashtra      |  0 |  15 |             0 |  30 |   20 |                   0 |  3359 |  3424 |
|   19 | Manipur          | 35 |   0 |             0 |   0 |    0 |                  30 |    30 |    95 |
|   20 | Mizoram          |  0 |   0 |             0 |   0 |    0 |                   0 |     0 |     0 |
|   21 | Meghalaya        | 19 |   0 |             0 |   0 |    0 |                   0 |     4 |    23 |
|   22 | Nagaland         |  0 |   0 |             0 |   0 |    0 |                   0 |    13 |    13 |
|   23 | Odisha           |  0 |  28 |            30 |  30 |   80 |                  90 |  2424 |  2682 |
|   24 | Punjab           |  0 |  15 |            30 |   0 |    0 |                   0 |   103 |   148 |
|   25 | Puduchary        |  0 |   0 |             0 |   0 |   20 |                   0 |   193 |   213 |
|   26 | Rajasthan        | 16 |   0 |             0 |   0 |   20 |                   0 |   140 |   176 |
|   27 | Tamil Nadu       |  0 |  56 |             0 |  30 |    0 |                  30 |  1258 |  1374 |
|   28 | Telangana        |  0 |  46 |             0 |  30 |   20 |                   0 |   574 |   670 |
|   29 | Tripura          |  0 |   0 |             0 |   0 |   20 |                   0 |   143 |   163 |
|   30 | Uttarakhand      |  0 |   0 |             0 |   0 |   20 |                   0 |    40 |    60 |
|   31 | Uttar Pradesh    | 20 | 216 |           194 | 120 |   55 |                  60 |   522 |  1187 |