About Us
Composite Regional Centre for Skill Development, Rehabilitation and Empowerment
of Persons with Disabilities (CRC), Patna was established under the Department of
Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities(Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice
& Empowerment, Government of India. This Centre at Patna became functional in the
year 2009. It is under the administrative control of National Institute for the
Locomotor Disability(Divyangjan), Kolkata. It aims to provide comprehensive rehabilitation
services to the persons with disabilities in eastern India region. The basic aim
of setting up this Centre is to create the resources and infrastructure required
for developing services for persons with disabilities, including human resource
development in the field of disability rehabilitation.
OBJECTIVES
CRC Patna, at its inception itself had projected multifarious activities
to enhance the quality of life of persons with disabilities. Accordingly, the main
objective of CRC has been identified as follows :
To serve as Resource Centre for rehabilitation and special education of persons
with disabilities.
To undertake human resource development by training rehabilitation professionals,
village level workers, multi -rehabilitation workers and other functionaries in
Govt. and non-Govt. sector, required for providing services to persons with disabilities.
To undertake public education programmes for creation of awareness in the parents
and the community.
To undertake designing, fabrication and fitment of aids and appliances.
To undertake services of education and skill development leading to enhancement
of opportunities for employment, rehabilitation, mobility communication recreation
and integration in society.
To undertake research and development with specific reference to needs of diverse
groups of people with disability, keeping in view the nature and severity of disability
in the region.
To develop strategies for delivery of rehabilitation services suitable to the socio-cultural
background of the region.
To stimulate growth of services by encouraging and supporting voluntary organization,
parent groups and self-help groups.
To establish linkages with existing medical, educational and employment services,
following the principles of community-based rehabilitation and offer extension services
in the rural areas.
Types of Disability
Wef 19th April 2017
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