Advocacy Overview

The various concessions and facilities available to the visually challenged today are a result of advocacy activities initiated by NAB. NAB liaises with Government and private organizations in respect of issues affecting the lives and dignity of people with visual impairment; promotes policy changes; and provides cost-free legal assistance to visually challenged individuals, through a Legal Aid Centre, to solve their personal and professional problems.Aim and Objectives

General Advocacy for Protection of Rights of the Visually Challenged

Specific

• 01

  To Educate: Government officials about the policy changes required for inclusion of the visually challenged in mainstream society; private manufacturers about the consumer rights of visually challenged consumers; and the visually challenged about their own rights.

• 02

  Set up legal aid cells for the blind.

• 03

  Organize sensitization program for the stakeholders.

• 04

  Implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 in letter and spirit.