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The guidelines for person with PWD certificate with intellectual disability.

1. Specific learning disabilities (Perceptualdisabilities, Dyslexia,Dyscalculia,Dyspraxia &Developmentalaphasia)

• Eligible for Medical Course, Not Eligible for PWD Quota : Less than 40% Disability.
• Eligible for Medical Course, Eligible forPWD Quota : Equal to or morethan 40% disability-But selection will be based on the learning competency evaluated with the help of there mediation/assisted technology/aids/ infrastructural changes by the Expert Panel.
• Not Eligible for Medical Course : More than 80% or severe nature or significant cognitive/intellectual disability

2. Autism spectrumdisorders

• Eligible for Medical Course, Not Eligible for PWD Quota : Absence or Mild Disability, Aspergersyndrome (disability of 40- 60% as per ISAA)where the individual is deemed fit for MBBS course by an expert panel
• Eligible for Medical Course, Eligible for PWD Quota : Currently not recommended due to lack of objective method to establish presence and extent of mental illness.However, the benefit of reservation/quota may be considered in future after developing better methods of disability assessment.
• Not Eligible for Medical Course :  Equal to or more than 60% disabilityor the presence of cognitive/intellectual disability and/or if the person is deemed unfit for pursuing MBBS course by an expert panel

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