Disability group urges Centre to classify communication aids as essential products

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The disability group Doctors with Disabilities: Agents of Change is urging India’s central government to classify communication aids and prostheses as essential assistive products under draft disability rules. It warns that their current classification could create uncertainty around insurance coverage and public funding.

Doctors with Disabilities: Agents of Change has sought the classification of AAC devices and prostheses as essential assistive products under the draft Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Amendment) Rules, 2026, warning that their current categorisation could create uncertainty over insurance and public financing