Health and Rehabilitation / Support for everyday living
More than 98% of people with disabilities in developing countries do not have access to essential support and rehabilitation services. Their basic needs and human rights are not met as these countries lack sufficient financial and human resources.
- They provide person centered care and rehabilitation within the person’s home and community.
- These services nurture the skills and resources available within families.
- They mobilise the supports available in society; working in partnership with other agencies to provide a better quality life to persons with disabilities.
- They seek to remove the attitudinal as well as physical barriers many people with disabilities face in their daily lives.
Kavitha
I want to walk… I want to walk to provide my children with good education and I will one day…” - these are the words of Kavitha, a 28-year-old woman from Tamilnadu, India, who had suffered from brain haemorrhage and partial paralysis following a road accident.
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Kavitha (second from left)and her family. “We will not give up till she walks”
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Selva Mary the community rehabilitation worker of LCD programme who regularly visits and provides support to Kavitha says – “I am very happy with Kavitha’s recovery. Initially when I met her, Kavitha used to crouch and lie down and would be crying all the time. But, now there is a marked improvement in her condition.
She can move her arms and legs; can sit straight, though with a little help. When I accompanied the physiotherapist I noticed yet another change in her, initially she would give up exercises unable to bear the pain but now she persists. Her family has been very cooperative, we have taught her mother to use the rice tube to feed Kavitha and also give her a massage to improve blood circulation.”
Muhammad Saeed
At the LCDRC centre in Mansehra, I was trained on orientation and mobility and given a mobility cane. Also, the staff taught me to use a computer and a mobile phone with the help of specially designed software.