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Women s Development Centre is an organisation which works to improve the standard of living of women and children addressing issues which pose as obstacles to this purpose, considering them as high priority.

CBR - COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION

CBR is to create an environment where disabled people have equal rights and mothers of disabled childrenhave the fullest access to resources.
Social integration of disabled people is the goal of this programmer. CBR creates spread over Kandy and Matale at present there are 09 canters in the peradeniya, Ulapone, Pothgoda, Ududeniya, Mailapitiya, Menikhinna, Teldeniya, Panwila, Madulkelle, Rattota. All these CBR canters work on a set form of principles.


		Areas under coverage at the canters include • Physiotherapy • Speech • Learning • Sign Language • Daily living skills • Special programmes for mentally retarded • Vocational training • Income generating activitie • Vocational Training Centre and hostel for the differently abled children Ampitiya


	.	• The hostel we called “Sahana” was an outcome of the discussions the WDC had with the Department of Social Services • The hostel accommodates are the mild mentally retarded children • Vocational Training is provided on making cement pots, candles, coir, cloth rugs, brooms and carpentry • Digana hospital for spinal for injuries house around 25 patients Counseling for patients are done by WDC • Encourage them on vocation of their choice. eg. Pottery painting, making envelops and fabric paintings • Community based rehabilitation for irreversible blind is a another programme • WDC coordinate this project with the eye clinic of the general hospital/ Kandy • Visually impaired would be under the rehabilitation programme

		AUTISM UNIT AT CBR
		Autism is not an illness. It is a slow developing process of the mind. This condition cannot be identified by just looking at a person. A psychiatrist or counsellor can recognize an autistic child or adult. We have autistic children attending our CBR centre for rehabilitation. They receive therapy along with the mentally retarded children which is not an ideal solution. Realizing the need for more accurate treatment which we gained from our experience, our officers participated in a training programme conducted by the Special Education Unit of the Maharagama Special Education Teacher Training Institute. Following the training received and together with our experience over the years we have planned to open an Autism Unit at the CBR centre. 06 children have been selected for the initial rehabilitation programme. A psychiatric counsellor has helped us in setting up this unit. We also receive valuable support from Dr. Sudath ……. who has experience with autistic persons as well officers from the Autism Support Group

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