Base document on civil political rights disaggregated by nature of intervention right to life and living

CHANGES IN OTHER LAWS

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  Recognize persons with disability as equal participants in political life-as voters, leaders, reformers at all levels ( From Panchayat to parliament)
  
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  The topic of home bound PDs to be seriously addressed in the new Act. There must be a way of registering home bound PDs and their family members and some public mechanism of tracking their survival and well being. [
  
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  Address the topic of institutionalised PDs seriously. They are farthest away from democratic process. There must be a way of registering them, and a public mechanism of tracking their survival and well being.
  
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  Provide for reservation of a certain percentage of PDs in political spheres at all levels.... including in local governance (as in the precedent of SC/ST seats, women in each election.
  
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  Dismantle laws excluding PDs on basis of disability from contracting, voting, employment, marriage,
  
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  E.g. Representation of People’s Act ‘definition of ordinary resident’ [postal / electronic voting: institutionalised people to have electoral rights.]