A blind certificate may be needed to get access to the many opportunities available to assist people with vision problems. So how do we get one? The evidence listed below shows: How to get blind certificate in Nepal.
A blind certificate is necessary to efficiently administer the state-mandated services, facilities, and opportunities, to safeguard and advance the interests of people who are visually impaired, and to guarantee their health, training, education, employment, rehabilitation, and equality.
Criteria for distribution of blind certificates in Nepal
According to the level of a person’s disability, as outlined in Act 2074 concerning the rights of people with disabilities, the identity cards have been sorted into four groups and classified accordingly.
1. Completely disabled (Category क or A): पुर्णअशक्त अपाङ्गता
Those with severe intellectual disabilities, total deafness, or total blindness will be issued a Class A Disability Certificate, as will individuals with complete disabilities who are unable to execute any aspect of daily life without the assistance of another person.
It will be written in red with gold letters that make it easy to find.
2. Severely Disabled (Category ख or B): अतिअशक्त अपाङ्गता
This class includes the condition known as total blindness (completely unable to see). A person who cannot tell the difference between bright and dark environments. Blind people and others who rely on others for basic activities like getting around, communicating, reading, and writing are included here.
On a blue background, golden yellow letters will be printed on the ID card.
3. Moderately Disabled (Category ग or C): मध्यम अपाङ्गता
This category will be open to entry by two different groups of people:
- A person who wears both glasses and a hearing aid, and
- Someone who needs glasses to read letters that are almost normal size (N8 – N12)
A blue font on a yellow background will be used for this group’s government-issued ID card.
4. Mildly Disabled (Category घ or D): सामान्य अपाङ्गता
Those with low vision are able to see large letters but have a BCVA of less than 6/18.
People in this group will get an ID card with black letters on a white background.
How to get blind certificate in Nepal: Necessary Documents
In this section, we will describe the documents that must be presented to get blind certificate in Nepal.
- Recommendation from the Ward Office
- You can apply for an ID card at the office of the municipal or village municipality.
- Certificate of a health test
After a person has done all of the required tests and presented all of the necessary paperwork, the office of the local municipality or village next determines whether or not the individual has a disability and, if so, issues the appropriate sort of identification card.
Provisions about disability identity cards
Below are the details regarding the documents for getting a visually impaired certificate in Nepal.
- A person with a disability, or a member of his or her immediate family or legal guardian, must apply to the Local level with the suggestion of the relevant Ward office, in order to receive the disability identification card.
- Without affecting the scope of what is stated in subsection 1, if a person with a disability is unable to apply for a disability identification card on his or her own or if none of his or her family, friends, or guardians are available to do so, the Ward Chairperson of the responsible Ward may apply on his or her behalf.
- When the Local Level receives a request for a disability identification card under subsections 1 or 2, it will conduct the necessary investigation into the request, and if the applicant has a disability that is readily apparent after conducting the investigation, it will issue the disability identification card in the prescribed format and indicate the disability classification.
- When looking into the application under Section 3, if it’s not clear to which category of disability the person belongs or if there’s a question about whether the person has a disability, the Local Level must send the matter to the coordination committee and give the disability ID card based on the recommendation of that committee.
- If the coordination committee determines that a physical examination of the person applying for a disability identity card is necessary before making the recommendation under subsection 4, then the Local Level shall pay for the health checkup of that person at a nearby government hospital.
- Local Levels are required to inform applicants if an investigation or physical examination conducted under this section reveals that the disability ID cannot be provided to them.
- The decision of the Minister or the official designated by the Ministry regarding a complaint filed by a person who is dissatisfied with a Local Level’s refusal to issue a disability identification card in accordance with subsection 6 shall be final.
- Additional provisions for the issuance of an identification card to a person with a disability are to be in accordance with the regulations that have been set.
Social Security for the Blind in Nepal
- In order to improve public housing and health and safety measures,
- Children and people with disabilities who have been neglected by their families need safe places to live,
- In order to create medical, health, and life insurance,
- In order to supply essential medications and other aids,
- To provide benefits such as unemployment, livelihood, and senior citizen allowances as per law,
- In order to compensate disabled people’s carers under certain conditions,
- To encourage the use of universal design principles in the education and training of people with impairments.
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