Q. Consider the following blood disorders:

1. Thalassemia
2. Hemophilia
3. Sickle Cell disease

Which of the above has/have been recently added in the categories of disabilities under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016?
Answer: 1, 2 & 3
Notes: The types of disabilities have been increased from existing 7 to 21 under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. The New categories of disabilities also included three blood disorders, Thalassemia, Hemophilia and Sickle Cell disease. Haemophilia is generally an inherited genetic disorder that impairs the body's ability to make blood clots. Hemophilia is caused by a mutation or change, in one of the genes. Hemophilia affects mostly males in comparison to females. Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorders that can result in the abnormal formation of haemoglobin. Sickle-cell disease (SCD) results from the in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin (haemoglobin S) found in red blood cells.