The two-day National Conference on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016- Implications for various Stakeholders concluded at GMCH, Sector 32 here on Thursday.

Speaking on the concluding day, chief guest, Justice (retd.) BK Mehta, said, “There is a need to sensitize every in the society toward disability. The persons with disability must fight for their rights. Now this is the high time for the various stakeholders to get united for the rights of persons with disabilities.”

The conference was organised by GRIID, National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai and Umeed Society, Chandigarh. Around 200 delegates from 15 states of the country are participating in this conference. 

Prof BS Chavan, Joint Director, Government Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual Disabilities (GRIID), while speaking on the occasion, said significance of this conference having it at this time was that the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act.
Source: http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/chandigarh/need-to-sensitize-people-on-rights-of-disabled-justice-retd-mehta.html