Digitization of disability certification using technology to curtail infringement of dignity

J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Nov;10(11):3948-3950. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_961_21. Epub 2021 Nov 29.

Abstract

Privacy and dignity are the rights of every human being. The disability certificate issued has the medical diagnosis mentioned explicitly as well as the patients' photograph. A person with disability needs to produce a certificate to avail the benefits, which the law of the land accords. This article discusses the dignity and privacy issues, which may be felt while producing such a certificate before competent authorities and proposes a blinded disability certificate. Besides, the proposed certificate uses advanced technologies to link a functioning profile to a cloud-based central database.

Keywords: Digitization; dignity; disability; privacy.