It is the season of school and college admissions, and differently abled students in Kerala are in a bind with institutions demanding medical board certificates issued by the State government, even though they possess unique disability ID cards (UDID) issued by the Central government.
Even other differently abled persons face similar issues with the State departments as most of them are yet to get familiar with UDIDs.
“UDIDs and medical certificates by approved doctors are recognised documents to prove disability. Yet, several government offices continue to demand medical board certificates that are in short supply,” said Shahul Madavoor, chairman of the Societies for Rehabilitation of Differently Abled (SRDA), citing that the State government had issued no proper guidelines in that regard.
