The Community Disability Management and Rehabilitation Programme (CDMRP), a unique outreach scheme of the University of Calicut implemented through the Department of Psychology, celebrated its third anniversary on Thursday. The programme is implemented with the the support of the State Social Justice Department.

The celebrations marked a special gathering of a large group of differently abled children and their parents on the campus. The children with different abilities won the heart of the campus by presenting their special skills without inhibition.

Vice Chancellor K. Mohammed Basheer inaugurated the celebrations.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Basheer underscored the need to provide equal status to the differently abled children by bringing them to the mainstream.

Onus on society

He said the onus was on society to bring the differently abled up to the mainstream by providing what they wanted, and not just sympathy.

Registrar T.A. Abdul Majeed presided. Pace Education Group chairman P.A. Ibrahim Haji was the chief guest at the function.

Executive director D. Jayan, CDMRP director K. Manikantan, Syndicate member K.K. Haneefa, Head of Psychology Department Baby Shari, and Kozhikode District Social Justice Officer Parameswaran spoke.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Kerala / by Staff Reporter / Malappuram – February 01st, 2019