The Department of Welfare of Differently Abled Persons departments of Government of Tamil Nadu.

The department is responsible for implementation of welfare schemes and rehabilitation of differently abled.

[1] In 1993, the Government of Tamil Nadu established a separate directorate for the rehabilitation of the differently abled persons from the social department and enacted a policy in 1994.

In 1995, it was upgraded as the office of the state commissioner for the differently abled with a state commissioner appointed since 1999.

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