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Every child is unique Children progress rapidly in their early years. Screening and Identification of Disabilities Screening is a procedure that identifies a person who needs further assessment for diagnosis of a disability. Alternatively said, screening helps in `suspecting' disability in a person. A screening procedure does not `confirm' disability, but helps in short listing for detailed assessment. Screening is assessing a whole population in order to identify those individuals for whom some intervention in development would be beneficial. For example 'New-born Hearing Screening' is mandatory in most countries. The 1-3-6 protocol emphasised in the Position Statement of the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing recommends that all new-borns be screened for hearing loss by one month of age, appropriate amplification be provided by three months of age and early intervention needs to commence not later than six months of age. Though this is yet to become mandatory in India, there have been initiatives to create awareness and undertake early screening on the part of National Institutes and some NGOs.