Various schemes implemented for the upliftment of persons with disabilities including women in the country(India) provide for educational, social, economic and psychological rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities, creation of barrier free environment, providing assistive devices, special education, vocational training and early intervention programmes.
State Project Office of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) or “Anaivarukkum Kalvi Thittam” of Tamilnadu has given a new thrust to the empowerment of Children with Special Needs (CWSN) through Inclusive Education in the state all these years.
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Under the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) steps have been taken to provide education to the autistic children. As per the Section 3 of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, every child of the age of six to fourteen years shall have the right to free and compulsory education in a neighbourhood school till completion of elementary education. SSA has adopted a zero rejection policy wherein efforts are made to provide education to all children with special needs.
Children with “severe disabilities” are also being enrolled in mainstream schools under the Inclusive Education for Disabled (IED) scheme of the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) this year.
Students took out an awareness rally under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to prevent differently abled children dropping out of schools in Salem.In addition to this, the rallyists also asked the parents of these special children to enrol the youngsters in schools immediately, so that they could benefit from education.
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 aim of this FDMSE is to translate the declaration of Swami Vivekananda into action. With regard to proper education, he had said that all perfection and powers were already within each individual, and education was the means to make them manifest in the lives of individuals.
The community at large is often unaware of the potential of children with special needs. In the popular mind, special needs are usually identified with very low expectations.