Project Models

Community based projects

Community based rehabilitation (CBR) is a response, in both developed and developing countries, to the need for adequate and appropriate rehabilitation services, to be available to a greater proportion of the disabled population. Its aims are to rehabilitate and train disabled individuals, as well as to find ways to integrate them into their communities.

Most of the families are unaware of the needs of their deafblind family members and often do not believe that they will be able to communicate with them. If the successful learning of the deafblind child happens when they are present, they are much more likely to develop positive attitudes. The Community Based Rehabilitation follows an approach where trained field workers / special educators identify deafblind children and give training to them at the door steps in villages. Community-based rehabilitation is a strategy within community development for the rehabilitation, equalisation of opportunities and social integration of all people with disabilities. CBR is implemented through the combined efforts of disabled people themselves, their families and communities, and the appropriate health, education, vocational and social services. The focus is on empowering the families to take responsibilities over a period of time. This is possible only when the families are involved in direct delivery of services right from the beginning.

By educating and raising awareness within the wider community greater integration of the deafblind child with his or her family and neighbours can be achieved and the stigma of being disabled or of having a deafblind child is greatly reduced. Specific community based activities include events for family development such as picnics and outings, parents interaction meetings, support days, training workshops, social events and festivals. The programmes are developed in response to a need to reach out to a greater proportion of the disabled population in India, and has been very well received by deafblind children and their families in the areas where it has been implemented.

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