The Relief India Trust Giving Ability to the Disabled

Disability in its various magnitudes incapacitates its victims rendering them unproductive in the society and life in general. This is not the end of the road however for the victims. Disability is not inability and this is the passion with which Relief India Trust NGO reaches out to the physically or mentally impaired. The organization is categorical in the rolling out of the services to this special, vulnerable and yet all important parts of the society.

Special education

This is a home or school based program that offers free medical consultation for the disabled children. They are made to understand their plight, their special and unique needs, and their place in the society. How they can make their lives better and what they can do to face and overcome their challenges. This doesn't only end at awareness creation. The Relief India Trust PAN also provides assistance for critical case treatment like corrective rehabilitative surgeries, Botox injections, eye surgeries and cochlea implants in various hospitals.

Physiotherapy

The Relief India Trust is committed in giving opportunity to patients to regain control of their lives. Physiotherapy does a lot to the patient by ensuring they regain motor muscular control. They are thereby able to use the parts of the bodies they previously weren't able to use. Pain alleviation is also an important part in physiotherapy.The pain caused by the disorientation of the nervous system is effectively done through physiotherapy. Tolerance to activity is also achieved by the patients through this therapy. As they learn more and more to take control of the organs of the body they adapt to the pain and become more conditioned to rely on themselves. By the sheer ability to lead an active life the patient turn out to be productive and more in control of their lives as they soon learn to turn what they have gained to their advantage.

Occupational therapy

The focus and resolve of the Relief India Trust are promoting health, productivity and the quality of life. Through occupational therapy, the team has been able to teach skills to the patients. These skills applied in life are able to help these individuals to lead more fulfilling lives. Body functionality is also gained by the patients and thus they are able to be self sufficient. Occupational therapy is mainly done through vestibular integration which give the patients control over the balance of their bodies. Symptoms that patient face includes unsteadiness, dizziness, vertigo, hearing and vision problems, and difficulty with concentration and memory. The patient's muscles are also strengthened through therapeutic exercise. Joint and body alignment is also achieved.

Speech and language therapy.

Communication is the most basic and yet fundamental requirement of human beings. For one to merely survive let alone get along well they need to pass and receive information. Relief India Trust gives speech therapy to children and preadolescent children, teaching them to communicate effectively in their respective capacity to do so. The organization in partnership with other organizations such as schools and hospitals helps to teach special sign language to the dumb and mute. The blind are also provided with the necessary equipment to help them learn to read and write while they are given training that gives them better spatial orientation.