About mental Retardation

Rights of Persons with Mental Retardation

  1. The Mentally Retarded Person has to the maximum degree of feasibility the same rights as other human beings.

  2. The Mentally Retarded Person has a right to proper Medical care and Physical therapy and to such Education Training, Rehabilitation and Guidance as will enable him to develop his Ability and maximum potential.

  3. The Mentally Retarded Person has a right to Economic Security and to a decent standard of living. He has a right to perform productive work or to engage in any other meaningful occupation to the fullest possible extent of his capabilities.

  4. Whenever possible, the Mentally Retarded Person should live with his own family or with foster parents and participate in different forms of community life. The family with which he lives should receive assistance if care in an institution becomes necessary, it should be provided in surroundings and other circumstances as close as possible to those of normal life.

  5. The Mentally Retarded Person has a right to a qualified guardian when this is required to protect his personal well being and interests.

  6. The Mentally Retarded Person has a right to protection from exploitation, above and … degrading treatment. If prosecuted for any offence, he shell has a right to done process of law with full recognition being given to his degree of mental responsibility.

  7. Whenever Mentally Retarded Person  ……. because of the severity of their handicaps to exercise all their rights in a meaningful way or it should become necessary to restrict or deny some or all of these rights. The procedure used for that restriction or denial of rights must contain proper legal safe guards against every form of above. The procedure must be based on an evolution of the social capacity of the Mentally Retarded Person by qualified experts and must be subject to periodic review and to the rights of appeal to higher authorities

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