(1) The State shall endeavour to ensure that disabilities which can be prevented in children are prevented. Schemes to take timely preventive measures may be introduced and these may separately cover women during pregnancy, mothers during lactation, children below the age of one, children between the ages of one and six years, and adolescent boys and girls. Initiatives may include mandatory screening of all new born babies and rubella vaccination of all pregnant women;
(2) The census of all disabled children in the State shall be updated;
(3) As far as possible, appropriate initiatives for each child shall be taken in a time bound manner to be prescribed;
(4) A scheme for providing counseling and support to parents of differently abled children shall be launched.
(5) A special plan of action on prevention, early detection and early intervention programs, inclusive education and vocational training, central/institutional and community based programmes shall be evolved by the State at the earliest.