Dr. P K Nanda is an well-known Psychiartist of Rourkela and is a founder-member of Home and Hope. Even after his retirement he exposes an empathy rarely seen in other socialites of his time. Always a friend of people with disabilities Dr. Nanda still works for the welfare of the intellectually disabled in Rourkela.
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Dr. S P Mokashi, Head of Occupational Therapy with Director NIRTAR at Rourkela on 24th April.
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Dr. B M Pradhan, Director, National Institute of Rehabilitation, Training and Research, Bairoi, Cuttack along with a colleague visited Rourkela on 28th of April 2006 in connection with getting some information about the status of reservation for the disabled in Rourkela Steel Plant.Seen here in front of Rourkela House.
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HRB Clinic, IGH

 
Born a very low birth weight babay now this child is undergoing early sensory techniques.

 

HRB Clinic, IGH

 
This child has been attending our clinic since he was one and half years old. He has cerebral palsy but now is able to walk well, run a bit and fairly good communication skills. But what his mother wanted is to find a school for his education.He was not taken by any school near Nala Road where the parents stay. We handed over the mother with a request letter to Mrs. M. Mukherjee, Principal, Indo-English School, almost near her residence who has always empathised with the people with disabilities. 

HRB Clinic, IGH

 
Mother of child with cerebral palsy holds hand of a child with Down's syndrme to prevent her from falling in HRB Clinic. 

HRB Clinic, IGH

 
A down's child of relatively elder parents? 

HRB Clinic, IGH

 
This Down's girl is very well accepted by her family. 

HRB Clinic, IGH

 
The second child in the family has become the centre of worry now. He has definite features of cerebral palsy and though we disclosed the diagnosis in a congenial atmosphere it was not very well accepted by the parents. 

HRB Clinic, IGH

 
Mother of a child with developmental delay being trained to use house-hold material to improve child's physical development. 

HRB Clinic, IGH

 
The mother of this Down's child is about to leave her paternal place where she came for confinement. She was advised to come with her husband for counselling during her next visit to Rourkela. 

HRB Clinic, IGH

 
Mother of a child with features of cerebral palsy being demonstrated physiotherapy. 

HRB Clinic, IGH

 
A High Risk Baby with developmental delay- showing early signs of cerebral palsy. 

CBR Kalunga

 
When I first met this man I thought he was showing his muscle to disturb us. Later I came to know that he was supplying tea to the professionals at the camp. 

CBR Kalunga

 
A child with possible mental retardation. He has definite speech delay though attends a normal school. 

CBR Kalunga

 
Mr. P K Das, the CBR Co-ordinator takes up a case of cerebral palsy and seen discussing the management plan with CBR Worker and mother. 

CBR Kalunga

 
A scene from the Camp at Kalunga. 

CBR Kalunga

The mother interacts with Mr. Rout, a special educator when her adult son is engaged in a conversation with Mrs. Subhagini Sahoo, Joint Secretary, Parents Association, Rourkela. 

CBR Kalunga

 
The willy Ms. Subhagini Sahoo, Joint Secretary of Parents' Association, Rourkela interacts with an adult with MR and his elderly mother at the camp in Kalunga, Sundargarh. 

CBR Kalunga

 
The smaller child in mother's lap has nutritional anemia and the elder one mild degree of mental retardation. 

CBR Kalunga

 
A girl child with seizure disorder and intellectual disability attends camp with mother. 

High Risk Baby Clinic, IGH

 
A child with Down's syndrome, mother and maternal grand-mother. 

High Risk Baby Clinic, IGH

 
A small baby with cerebral palsy in mother's lap and supporting them is the maternal grand mother a typical scene in Indian context. We have not come across many paternal side of relations being overtly supportive of a child with disability. 

High Risk Baby Clinic, IGH

 
A child with possible PDD visits the HRB Clinic with grand parents. 

High Risk Baby Clinic, IGH

 

This elderly couple contacted HRB Clinic in IGH for their 15 years old son's intellectual disability. They stay in Rourkela town but now that the boy in teens is unmanageable they felt like seeking some professional help. Almost all schools in their locality closed doors to the boy despite the fact that the Union and State Governments have made a ploicy and implemented Sarva Siskshya Abhiyan in which the children with disabilities are integrated in normal schools. We advised the couple to bring their son to Home and Hope, the local special school for the MR and trained both parents in behaviour modification techniques.