Presently EI centre for Hearing Impaired is providing services to 14 hearing impaired children out of them 10 undergo school based training and 4 undergo home based training. Medium of instruction is English.
Poverty among the urban population has many deterring effects and foremost of them would be inability to fulfill basic needs and the absence of cohesion within the community. In such an unfavorable scenario, differently abled persons in urban slums are doubly marginalized and vulnerable since they have to bear the brunt of socio economic status coupled with their physical/mental conditions. Apart from toiling under grave poverty, ripped off basic amenities, the differently abled have very less access to medical facilities and are denied support services. Inaccessibility to therapeutic measures is a part of economic deficiency and low self esteem characterized in differently abled is attributed to the need for belonging and self sufficiency.
Ecomwel Orthopaedic Centre is a registered Non Governmental and non profit organization established in the year 1986 to provide comprehensive health care and Community Based Programmes for the uplift of rural disabled, children of leprosy patients, rural poor and underprivileged. Ecomwel orthopaedic centre feels happy and honored for serving thousands of disabled in bringing them to the mainstream of society.
The Anbalaya Special School was established on 15th September, 2003. Totally 42 mentally retarded children belongs to very poor public are enrolled. Of them 20 are female and 22 are male.
The center runs a home for orphans and mentally challenged children with support from a dedicated selfless team of volunteers, trained social workers, teachers and caretakers
We provide them with all basic needs such as shelter, clothes, food and necessary treatment. Also provided with special education through the specially trained teachers.
Talking about the invention which is yet to be patented, the students said the ‘eco-friendly vehicle’ particularly meant for differently-abled people, was designed to overcome the effects of global warming and had the potential to substantially reduce air pollution. The battery can be recharged in two ways: using photo voltaic panel and external electric supply.
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) ensures that every child with special needs, irrespective of the kind, category and degree of disability, is provided meaningful and quality education. Hence, SSA has adopted a zero rejection policy. This means that no child having special needs should be deprived of the right to education and taught in an environment, which is best, suited to his/her learning needs.
A 10-year-old British girl, whose one leg was amputated due to meningitis, has been told that benefits given to her would be stopped because she was “very mobile” and could play sports
Locomotor disability is defined as a persons inability to execute distinctive activities associated with moving both himself and objects, from place to place and such inability resulting from affliction of musculoskeletal and/or nervous system.