Special provisions for persons with disabilities with high support

37. (1) Any person with benchmark disability, who considers himself to be in need of high support, or any person or organisation on his or her behalf, may apply to an authority, to be notified by the appropriate Government, requesting to provide high support.
(2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the authority shall refer it to an "Assessment Board consisting of such Members as may be prescribed by the Central Government.

Free education for children with benchmark disabilities

30.(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the rights of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, every child with bench-mark disability between the age of six to eighteen years shall have the right to free education in a neighborhood school, or in a special school, if necessary.
(2) The appropriate Government and local authorities shall ensure that every child with benchmark disability has access to free education in an appropriate environment till he attains the age of eighteen years.