I. Physical Disability

A. Locomotor disability

1. Locomotor disability (a person’s inability to execute distinctive activities associated with movement of self and objects resulting from affliction of musculoskeletal or nervous system or both), including—
2. "Leprosy cured person" means a person who has been cured of leprosy but is suffering from—
Loss of sensation in hands or feet as well as loss of sensation and paresis in the eye and eye-lid but with no manifestation of deformity; Manifest deformity and paresis but having sufficient mobility in their hands and feet to enable them to engage in normal economic activity; Extreme physical deformity as well as advanced age which prevents him/her from undertaking any gainful occupation, and the expression "leprosy cured" shall be construed accordingly.
3. "Cerebral palsy" means a Group of non-progressive neurological condition affecting body movements and muscle coordination, caused by damage to one or more specific areas of the brain, usually occurring before, during or shortly after birth;
4. "Dwarfism" means a medical or genetic condition resulting in an adult height of 4 feet 10 inches (147 centimeters) or less;
5. "Muscular dystrophy" means a group of hereditary genetic muscle disease that weakens the muscles that move the human body and persons with multiple dystrophy have incorrect and missing information in their genes, which prevents them from making the proteins they need for healthy muscles. It is characterised by progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue;
6. "Acid attack victims" means a person disfigured due to violent assaults by throwing of acid or similar corrosive substance.

B. Visual Impairment

7. "Blindness" means a condition where a person has any of the following conditions, after best correction -
Total absence of sight; or
Visual acuity less than 3/60 or less than 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with best possible correction; or limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 10 degree.
8. "Low-vision" means a condition where a person has any of the following conditions, namely:
Visual acuity not exceeding 6/18 or less than 20/60 upto 3/60 or upto 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with best possible corrections; or limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 40 degree upto 10 degree.

C. Hearing Impairment

9. "Deaf" means persons having 70 DB hearing loss in speech frequencies in both ears;
10. "Hard of hearing" means person having 60 DB to 70 DB hearing loss in speech frequencies in both ears;
11.'' Speech and language disability" means a permanent disability arising out of conditions such as laryngectomy or aphasia
affecting one or more components of speech and language due to organic or neurological causes.