Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) | India
Description: National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities(Divyangjan), under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, serves as national resource center for empowerment of persons with multiple disabilities such as blindness, hearing impairment, mental retardation, mental illness, etc.
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National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (Divyangjan) established in the year 2005, on East Coast Road, Muttukadu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, (about 30 km from Chennai Central railway station, Mofussil bus terminus and airport) Under Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India, to serve as a national resource center for empowerment of persons with Multiple Disabilities such as those with two or more
When a child has several different disabilities we say, that he/she has multiple disabilities. For example, a child may have difficulties in learning, along with controlling her movements and/or with hearing and vision. The effect of multiple disability can be more than the combination of two individual disabilities.
A child who having multiple disabilities should receive help as early as possible so that he/she can be helped to achieve his/her potential, and so that his/her disabilities will not become worse.
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) | India