State Programme For Rehabilitation Of Persons With Disabilities

The State Programme for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities scheme is a state sector ongoing scheme implemented for the welfare and providing rehabilitation services to disabled persons of the state under the Person with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act. 1995. The State Programme for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (SPRPD) erstwhile National Programme for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (NPRPD) was launched in the state in the year 2001-2002 and was sponsored by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India. During the year 2005-06, this scheme had been transferred to the state government and implemented as a state sector ongoing scheme. Objective: - To provide Welfare & Rehabilitation services to the Disabled Persons of the state which is mandatory under the PWDs Act, 1995. Important Features: - Under this scheme, the Department of Social Justice & Empowerment and Tribal Affairs, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh under the State Programme for Persons with Disabilities(SPRPD) has been providing aids & appliances. - Organizing Diagnostic Camp –cum-Free Distribution of Aids & appliances at the district level from time to time. - The Department also established a Physiotherapy Unit during the year 2013-14 at SDRC where needy patients are given treatment/therapy free of cost. - For prevention, early detection, and intervention of disabilities, the Department of Social Justice & Empowerment and Tribal Affairs, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh had trained 539 Nos. of Community Based Rehabilitation Workers (CBRWS) and engaged at the grass root level to conduct door-to-door survey reports of disabled persons to create awareness and prevention of disabilities.