“The modern printing facility that was recently set up with imported machines from Norway is capable of printing five lakh Braille copies per month. But the demand for Braille text books is much less. Only about 330 Braille text books have been sold so far in 2010-2011 and two books have been distributed free of cost,” said I. Arivanandham, Regional Director (incharge) of NIVH.
Harsh, but true. What is more harsh is the uncaring, indifferent attitude subjected to the mentally challenged. Being differently-abled, does not in any way make them disabled. All they need is a hand that helps, and a heart that cares.
Hearing Aid Centre (HAC) founded in 1980 is a pioneer in Hearing Healthcare in South India, housing complete diagnostic facilities and all hearing rehab services under one roof.
Vocational training and job training to the intellectually disabled is placed as the top priority at Deepam. At 16 years of age the vocational skills of each child are determined according to the student’s interest, ability and skills level.
The Chennai Vision Charitable Trust was established as the Community Wing of Rajan Eye Care Hospital in the year 1996 to serve the neediest and the poorest of patients in the rural villages, who have no possibility of receiving quality ophthalmic service.
‘Srishti’ Special School had started functioning from March 2004 under Aarthi Shruthi Memorable Trust (NGO) with the admission of fourteen children with learning disorders. Therapeutic programs are designed for early intervention to prevent disorders that may arise from genetic condition, adverse circumstances and developmental delays. Vision and hearing problems are such conditions that are identifiable at birth or soon after. Children who have significant delay in language, speech, motor, or cognitive development benefit, significantly from the program.
Muscular Dystropy Association is one of the first schools in India, which aims at working for children suffering from neuro muscular disorders over many decades and is leader in our area of Interest and are doing commendable work in the same field. The school is based out at T.Nagar, Chennai.
A leading multispecialty rehab centre in Tamil nadu, its running past 5 years in Scope Rehab Centre chennairoyapettah,chennai. Our center provides specialized therapy services for children and adolescents to gain optimal level of independence in all spheres of life. We are providing all the services under one roof, we have experienced & trained therapist handling one to one faces, children are given individual attention, we have treated more then 350 children in that 98% of kids are in main stream education.
Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped is an autonomous Institute in the field of Hearing Handicapped rehabilitation in India. It was started in 1983 under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, to serve people with hearing handicap through various activities.
From the Elementary class level up to the Senior class level, importance is given to academic training. The five areas of training are reading, writing, number, money and time. The children who exhibit academic ability and show interest in learning are segregated and trained in the normal school syllabus in a limited way. So far three students have completed their 8th standard government examination and one is preparing for the 8th standard examination.