Register a disability with the JCPD

Registering with the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities gets you the certificate you need for their help and benefits.

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Opens the official government site.

Who can do this

Anyone of any age with a physical, mental, intellectual or sensory disability.

The JCPD registration form
A medical form or report from a qualified professional saying the disability is permanent (doctor, psychologist, psychiatrist, eye specialist, or the Jamaica Association for the Deaf for hearing)

Tick things off as you gather them.

Get the medical form from the JCPD, or from a social worker at your Ministry of Labour parish office.
Have the right professional fill in and sign it.
Take it back to the JCPD or the parish office social worker.
You get a Certificate of Registration.
Now apply for benefits: assistive devices (wheelchairs, crutches, white canes), school help, business grants, JUTC fare discounts, some tax relief and NHT housing help.

No fee listed.

Ask the JCPD.

JCPD, 18 Ripon Road, Kingston 5: 876-968-8373. Westmoreland: Ministry of Labour parish office, 18¼ Lewis Street, Savanna-la-Mar: 876-955-2532.