my daughter has been suffering from sickle cell anemia and she wants to write jee mains exams .so is she eligible to get disabality certificate under pwd act 2016?
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10th Sep, 2019
Dear Dharani, Sickle cell Anaemia is a medical condition that causes the RBC to die quicker than its normal life cycle. Now unfortunately it is not a disability. It is a medical condition. For PWD reservation, there is a list of benchmark disabilities. They are:
Unfortunately, sickle cell anaemia doesnt fall under this Category.
- Blindness and low vision
- Deaf and hard of hearing
- Locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attaxk victims anf muscular dystrophy.
- Autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness
- Hearing disabilities
Unfortunately, sickle cell anaemia doesnt fall under this Category.
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