Talking to reporters on Monday, Commissioner for PwDs, Sabella B Marak, said the inauguration of the CRC will be a milestone for the state.
Digital Desk: Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Virendra Kumar, today virtually inaugurated the services of the composite regional centre (CRC) for skill development, rehabilitation and empowerment of persons with disabilities (PwDs).
Union Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment, Pratima Bhoumik, Social Welfare Minister Kyrmen Shylla, Shillong MP Vincent H Pala, and East Shillong MLA Ampareen Lyngdoh, among others, will attend the function to be held at Soso Tham Auditorium.
Talking to reporters on Monday, Commissioner for PwDs, Sabella B Marak, said the inauguration of the CRC will be a milestone for the state.
She said that the state government had provided 10 acres of land at Umsawli in New Shillong Township to the National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai, to set up the centre.
NIEPMD Director Nachiketa Rao said that the centre would provide several outreaches, capacity building, and skill development programs for PwDs.
The CRC is the 20th institution of its kind and became functional on July 19, 2021. CRC Shillong provides clinical services to PwDs like special education, physiotherapy, vocational rehabilitation, clinical psychology, orientation and mobility training, occupational therapy, speech & hearing services, prosthetic & orthotic services, sensory integration therapy, guidance & counselling, and community-based rehabilitation services.
CRC Shillong also provides aids & appliances to PwDs under the ADIP scheme by organizing an ADIP assessment and distribution camp.
Apart from providing clinical services, this organization creates awareness, develops resource materials, conducts outreach programs, and implements the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment schemes.
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