Children with Disabilities
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The over crowded Chennai slums have more than its fair share of disabled persons, particularly among children and youth. MCDS is the only NGO reaching out to these persons in its adopted slums. (Chennai has a number of institutions for disabled children from affluent families).

MCDS manages three centers adopting “COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION (CBR) METHOD” These centers, located well within the slums take care of the disabled children of the locality.

Programmes include:

	Awareness in the community about disability, possible prevention and care
	Identification and assessment of children with disabilities. This programme is supported by institutes and professional
	The children are brought to these centers by parents and MCDS staff
	Education based on functional assessment
	Supplementary Nutrition programme. All the children are served a meal at noon and this lunch, assured of quantity and quality and reasonably priced comes from the canteen of the commissioner of police, Chennai city
	Occupational Therapy: This, in the form of vocational training and handicraft training is also based on assessment. Basket weaving, envelope making and toy making are among the more popular activities
	Physiotherapy Services: Many of the MCDS children are multi-disabled with basic orthopedic problems needing systematic physiotherapy programme involving Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital, Andhra Mahila Sabha, Chennai-28
	Corrective Surgery and Fitting of Mobility Aids and Appliances: Hailing from extremely poor families, our children depends completely on MCDS for corrective surgery and follow up. This also is a partnership programme with Mukthi Artificial Centre and Andhra Mahila Sabha. ( Show pictures of children in vocational training, wearing calipers etc.)
	Recreation and Sports: These are among the priorities at MCDS. Our children are provided the following opportunities: Picnic and outings once a month Music and Dance , as an excellent therapy MCDS responds to invitation from organizations like Lions clubs, Rotary clubs and Round Tables for various disability programmes