CORD's Community Based Rehabilitation for the differently-abled people is an integrated program component of CORD which works toward the holistic rehabilitation of its disabled beneficiaries in rural areas.
The purpose of the CBR department is to increase the capacity of the differently abled (DA) and to sensitize the community to their special needs and abilities.
CORD focuses on:
• Treatment and rehabilitation services
• Inclusion in community and awareness
• Active social participation
• Accessibility
• Education
• Advocacy and legislation
• Economic self-reliance
The CBR department strives to:
• To prevent disabilities & advocates early detection & treatment of the disabled.
• Provide medical facilities for disabled people living in rural areas and ensure that they can access these facilities.
• Provides rehabilitation & treatment through its facilities at the centre of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, audiometry & speech therapy, special education & play therapy
• Create awareness of health services.
• Teach the disabled and their families about basic care and hygiene.
• Provide referral services at the state and national levels.
• Prepare children with cleft lip and palate and others in need for annual plastic and orthopedic surgery camp
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