National Institute for empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD)

National Institute for empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD)

National Institute for empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD) established in the year 2005, on East Coast Road, Muttukadu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, (about 30 km from Chennai Central railway station, Mofussil bus terminus and airport) Under Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India, to serve as a national resource center for empowerment of persons with Multiple Disabilities such as those with two or more disabilities in a person. The Disabilities enumerated as per PWD (1995) Act, are Low Vision, Blindness, Locomotor Disability, Hearing Impairment, Mental Retardation, Mental Illness, Leprosy Cured Persons and as per The National Trust (1999) Act, are Cerebral Palsy and Autism.

Courses

Courses offered (Recognized by RCI)

·         Certificate in ECSE- Enabling Inclusion Cerebral Palsy (IGNOU Distance Education)

·         Diploma in Special Education (Cerebral Palsy)

·         Diploma in Special Education (Deafblind)

·         Diploma in Special Education (Autism Spectrum Disorder)

·         B.Ed-Special Education (Multiple Disabilities)

·         Post Graduate Diploma in Developmental Therapy:Multiple Disabilities (Physical & Neurological) (PGDDT)

·         Post Graduate Diploma in Early Intervention (PGDEI)

·         M.Phil (Clinical Psychology)

When a child has several different disabilities we say, that he/she has multiple disabilities. For example, a child may have difficulties in learning, along with controlling her movements and/or with hearing and vision. The effect of multiple disability can be more than the combination of two individual disabilities.

A child who is multiple disabled should receive help as early as possible so that she can be helped to achieve her potential, and so that her disabilities will not become worse.

“Try not to associate bodily defect with mental, my good friend, except for a solid reason”

― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield.

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