Educate a special child/adult with multiple disabilities for a month and help maximize his/her learning abilities both academically and functionally

Census 2011 has revealed that there are 2.19 crore people in India suffering from one or other kind of disability. This is equivalent to 2.1 percent of the total population. There are mainly 5 types of disabilities. These include persons with visual, hearing, speech, locomotor and mental disabilities. Mental disability accounts 10 percent of the total disability population. Rajasthan itself accounts for 2 percent of the disabled population in India.

 

In India a child born with a disability is destined for a life of dependency. For the poor this burden can be extreme. Disabled children can be a social, financial, mental and physical burden to their families. Through lack of knowledge and skills of the family, the children do not get the appropriate help they need. The children do not go to school and hardly leave their homes. Therefore, they do not get the opportunity to develop mentally and physically.

Some Special schools and NGOSare trying to connect with the ones who need help. These centers are struggling to provide the care needed, but with limited resources and limited skilled staff they provide rehabilitation for few hours only.

 

Disha being a premier organization in North India is working for holistic cause of rehabilitation for children and young adults with various disabilities with the inputs and efforts from other organizations as well. Holistic development means teaching the child, not just academics, about nature, about life, about being a good person.

Special education is to provide each individual an environment which facilitates and maximize his/her learning abilities both academically and functionally. it involves the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials , accessible settings, and other interventions designed to help learners with special needs achieve a higher level of personal self sufficiency and success in school and community.

Each individual with special needs will get an environment which facilitates and maximize his/her learning abilities both academically and functionally.