a)

"Autism" means a condition of uneven skill development primarily affecting the communication and social abilities of a person, marked by repetitive and ritualistic behaviour;

b)

"Board" means Board of trustees constituted under section 3;

c)

"Cerebral palsy" means a group of non-progressive conditions of a person characterized by abnormal motor control posture resulting from brain insult or injuries occurring in the Pre-natal, pre-natal or infant period of development;

d)

"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Board appointed under clause (a) of sub-section (4) of section 3; 

e)

"Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer appointed under sub-section (I) of section 8;

f)

"Member" means a Member of the Board and includes the Chairperson;

g)

"mentally challenged" means a condition of arrested or incomplete development of mind of a person which is specially characterized by sub-normality of intelligence;

h)

"Multiple disabilities" means a combination of two or more disabilities as defined in clause (i) of section 2 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995;

i)

"Notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;

j)

"Person with disability" means a person suffering from any of the conditions relating to autism, cerebral palsy, mentally challenged or a combination of any two or more of such conditions and includes a person suffering from severe multiple disability;

k)

"Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

l)

"Professional" means a person who is having special expertise in a field which would promote the welfare of persons with disability;

m)

"Registered organization" means an association of persons with disability or an association of parents of persons with disability or a voluntary organization, as the case may be, registered under section 12;

n)

"Regulations" means the regulations made by the Board under this Act;

o)

"Severe disability" means disability with eighty per cent. Or more of one or more of multiple disabilities;

p)

"Trust" means the National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mentally Challenged and Multiple Disability constituted under sub-section (I) of section 3.