Kerala based institute, Adarsh started operations in 1998 to help children affected by cerebral palsy, and later extended to help those affected by other challenges like autism, Down Syndrome and learning disorders. They make a difference to their lives of these children by imparting early sensory motor developmental therapy and academic training.
Initiatives undertaken by Adarsh include:
- Remedial teaching for children with learning disorders
- Awareness campaigns on child brain damage and its effect on child development
- Early identification
- Early sensory stimulation
- Mobility training to develop motor areas
- Visual stimulation
- New-born hearing screening and intervention
- Screening of babies at risk and intervention
- Play school readiness programme
- Medical support
- Parent counselling
- Home based training for those who cannot attend even a special school
- Conducting motivation campaigns to spread awareness and medical camps to facilitate identification.
The result - in the last 10 years alone, around 62 of its students left Adarsh to pursue studies in mainstream schools, with their disability factor considerably reduced coupled with higher levels of confidence and social interaction abilities. Additionally, its community based rehabilitation programme is envisaged to help differently- challenged children in the community, who cannot come to Adarsh for training due to various reasons.
Adarsh has ambitious plans to help more children in the society, going forward. One can know about these at http://www.adarshrehab.org.
For Adarsh's noble cause, they deserve a Standing Ovation!
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