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Special Education Kulwinder Pal, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 32: Rehabilitation of Exceptional Children: Role

of Community, Role of Government

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
32.1 Role of Community in Rehabilitation of Exceptional Children
32.2 Role of Government in Rehabilitation of Exceptional Children
32.3 Government Efforts to Prevent the Disability
32.4 Summary
32.5 Keywords
32.6 Review Questions
32.7 Further Readings

Objectives

The objectives of this unit can be summarized as below:
• to describe the role of community in rehabilitation of exceptional children
• to discuss about role of government in rehabilitation of exceptional children.
• to explain the government efforts to prevent the disability.

Introduction

Between 5 and 10% of Indians have some impairment or disabling condition. This means that India
has a huge population of disabled people. At the policy level, progressive legislation, schemes and
provisions exist for them. But at the ground level, the disabled continue to be neglected. India needs
to mark a shift from the medical model of intervention to community-based rehabilitation of the
disabled Central to the community-based rehabilitation (CBR) approach is the concept of community
participation.
There is need to measure all dimensions of participation including measurement of the number of
people with disabilities reached and quanity and quality of resources generated as a result of
community participation. Valid and reliable measures of community participation need to be
developed.
The Government of India offers various schemes to encourage voluntary action for rehabilitation of
the disabled. Through these schemes NGOs can access government support. Prominent among these
schemes are provision for grants-in-aid to special schools, vocational training, employment,
community-based rehabilitation projects, residential homes, and leisure and recreation centres etc.
The NGO should be a registered society/public trust existing for at least two years prior to applying
for financial aid.

32.1 Role of Community in Rehabilitation of Exceptional Children
Community-Based Rehabilitation is essentially meant to ensure that disabled people, wherever they
are, are not discriminated against or deprived. For many people in the world now it is still a big
problem to get help for their disability. City institutions are far away and cost too much. The idea of

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