STPHCSI

The "Sanctioning of Touch Phone to Hearing Challenged – Speech Impaired" aims to provide touch phones to hearing and speech-impaired individuals who know sign language as per the Action Plan 2017-18. The Assistant Directors, Department for the Welfare of Different, distribute the touch phones.

The A.P. Differently Abled & Senior Citizens Assistance Corporation, Andhra Pradesh, "Sanctioning of Touch Phone to Hearing Challenged – Speech Impaired" under its action Plan 2017-18, aims to provide touch phones to hearing challenged – speech impaired individuals who know sign language. The touch phones are distributed by the Assistant Directors, Department for the Welfare of Differently Abled & Senior Citizens, and District Managers, A.P. Differently Abled & Senior Citizens Assistance Corporation.

• The applicant's age should be 18 years and above.
• The applicant should be hearing challenged and speech impaired.
• The applicant should know the sign language (can communicate directly with each other i.e., two persons).
• The applicant must be able to use video relay service (VRS) to facilitate communication with non-signing individuals, with an interpreter at VRS acting as the intermediary.
• The applicant should be any one of the following:

• Student.
• Self-Employed
• Un-Employed.

> Distribution of Touch Phones.

• Category I: Parent/Guardian income up to ₹15,000/- per month – full cost covered.
• Category II: Parent/Guardian income from ₹15,001 to ₹20,000/- per month – half of the cost covered.
• Category III: Parent/Guardian income above ₹20,000/- per month – full cost to be borne by the beneficiary.