ICDE-INDIA - ICYE

Code: 05• NAME OF THE PROJECT The Association of People with Disability(APD)• LOCATION Bangalore, Karnataka• CONTACT PERSON Mr. V.S Basavaraju• THEME OR TYPE OF PROJECT Working for people with disability• AIMS OF THE PROJECT The Association for People with Disability (APD) isstriving to make this aspiration a reality for people withdisability. Instilling hope and confidence. Providing themsupport in enabling and holistic innovative interventions.APD represents a social movement - engaged in theprocess of transforming lives of children, youth, men andwomen with disabilities all the way – beginning withmedico-psycho interventions to capacity building througheducation and vocational skill training. The link ofsupport is extended to mainstream them with society andindustry through employment and placementopportunities.APD’s empowering initiatives enable people withdisabilities and those around them to develop anintegrated relationship based on respect and profitability.Irrespective of where you are and what you do, you toocan develop rewarding relationships with APD throughits various forums.Thus APD is enabling hundreds and thousands of peoplewith disabilities to replace the desolation in their liveswith pride and cheer.• PROJECT’S ACTIVITIES Horticulture Unit: Supporting the insight that gardeningis therapeutic, twelve months non-formal residentialhorticulture training is being conducted every year since1987 for around 50 persons with disability.Orthotic appliance Center: The main aim of the unit is topromote independent mobility by manufacturing aids andappliances as per the individuals needs. The unit also runsa one-year training program.Physiotherapy Unit: Caters to the therapeutic needs ofpeople with disability and successfully provides trainingto the care- givers and community workers.Career Guidance And Placement Services: Every yeararound 550 people get registered with this unit andaround 60% of them are successfully employed into themainstream and the rest join vocational trainingprograms.Industrial Training Center: In the year 1975, IndustrialTraining Centre (ITC) was set up to offer training inindustrial skills to Persons with Disability.Computer skills training is relatively recent initiative butvery successful in helping people with disability findplace in IT companies.Urban Community Based Rehabilitation Program:Starting from 2 slums in 1985, today USOP hasnetworked through 22 parts of Bangalore empoweringpeople with disabilities by providing formal & nonformaleducation, home based special education, therapy,medical and surgical intervention and vocational training.Community Health Work: CHW originated to addressvarious health issues and prevention of disability in lessprivileged communities. Special focus of this team is