Our Reporter Dimapur, June 15 (EMN): Most children in Nagaland with intellectual disabilities do not have valid certificate to avail government benefits, said Dr. Ravi Prakash Singh, officer-in-charge of National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (NIEPID), Regional Centre, Navi Mumbai, on Wednesday. Singh told Eastern Mirror that identifying children with intellectual disability thus becomes a major challenge in the state, coupled with the lack of awareness on the benefits available for children with disability. Singh was at the District Disability Rehabilitation Centre (DDRC) District Hospital in Dimapur during a Teaching Learning Material (TLM) distribution camp organised by NIEPID, Prodigal’s Home and DDRC Dimapur, where 57 beneficiaries were given TLM kits worth INR 10,000 each. Most of the beneficiaries are within Kohima and Dimapur districts alone. With regard to other districts, Singh said NIEPID’s next focus is interior districts of Nag
Dimapur, June 14 (EMN): National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (Divyangjan) from Secunderabad in Telangana, under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, government of India, conducted a one-day training on “Rehabilitation of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities” for caregivers and parents of children with disabilities in Kohima on June 13. The training was organised in collaboration with the office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, government of Nagaland, and Cherry Blossom Society, Kohima, an update from Cherry Blossom Society stated. Dr. Ravi Prakash Singh, officer in-charge and faculty in special education at NIEPID Regional Centre, Navi Mumbai, conducted the elaborative sessions on “Disabilities under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016,” “Role of family in rehabilitation,” and “Inclusion of per
The Vice President emphasizes the role of civil society, private sector and NGOs for providing inclusive right based society for Divyangjan, , Vice President, M Venkaih Naidu
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday called for a change in people s mindset towards the Divyangjan community (differently-abled) and asserted that it is the responsibility of the government and society at large to prevent any kind of discrimination against them.
The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu today called for a change in people’s mindset towards the Divyangjan community or the differently-abled and asserted that it is the responsibility of the government and society at large to prevent any kind o