SAMADHAN India

Registered in 1981, SAMADHAN, an NGO with dual focus on persons with intellectual disability also impacted by poverty in New Delhi, Service models have been developed to suit the characteristics of low socio economic target communities and today provide community outreach for raising awareness on intellectual disability, advocacy in local mainstream schools, therapy, special education and early intervention. SAMADHAN has won two international awards for innovation and linking disability, poverty and women’s empowerment from the World Bank and Inclusion International and has national and international membership such as The National Trust, Asian Federation on Intellectual Disability (AFID) and research links with IASSIDD (International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities)