SC issues notice to Centre on plea by MBBS aspirant with learning disability seeking admission

People with ASD often have problems with social communication and interaction, and may have different ways of learning or paying attention. Specific Learning Disability may be characterised by difficulties in listening, speaking, reading and writing, understanding concepts and calculating, and deficiencies in organisation and integration of ideas and thoughts.

The plea citing the National Medical Commission said it has mentioned that MBBS aspirants having equal to or more than 40 per cent mental illness disability are not eligible for medical course.

"It is respectfully submitted that as far as Intellectual Disability having Specific Learning Disabilities (Perceptual Disabilities, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dyspraxia and Development Aphasia) is concerned the stand of National Medical Commission is that currently there is no quantification scale available to assess the severity of SLD, therefore the cut-off of 40 per cent is arbitrary and more evidence is needed," the plea said.

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