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The main focus
is to reach out information and knowledge among people with
disabilities, their family members and the community about
causes and consequences of disabilities and enable them to take
appropriate decisions to improve and maintain their well- being.
Rehabilitation
Services include home- based physical, occupational therapy,
provision of assistive devices and referrals for special
surgeries to correct deformities and other types of impairments.
These services focus on measures that promote development of
infants and young children with disabilities and training and
self care, communication and mobility for older children and
adults with disabilities.
In addition there are programmes for early intervention like –
Building
multi sectoral linkages the programme closely works with Public
Health Centres to build the capacity of doctors and link
workers on issues relating to disabilities, types of
disabilities early identification & intervention.
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