The cochlear implant is a prosthetic device, a part of which is surgically implanted inside the cochlea. Cochlear implants have been found to be beneficial for children and adults with severe to profound hearing loss and steeply sloping hearing loss who do not benefit adequately with hearing aids but have an intact auditory nerve.
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Website of Disability Education & Engagement Portal for Access to Knowledge (DEEPAK)
Disability Knowledge Portal offers a special vertical for all information and resources regarding disabilities in India and across the world.
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UDID Project
The UDID project initiated by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities aims at building a holistic end-to-end integrated system for Issuance of Universal ID & Disability Certificates for Person with Disabilities with their identification and disability details.
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Information about Blindness and Low Vision, Disability Education & Engagement Portal for Access to Knowledge (DEEPAK)
National Digital Library of India Disability Knowledge Portal presents extensive information on all aspects of the life of persons with blindness or visual impairment.
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Scholarship Scheme for Student with Disabilities
Umbrella Scholarship Scheme for Students with Disabilities for Pre-matric, Post-matric, National Overseas, National Fellowship, Free Coaching and Top Class Education
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Information about Caregivers for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Disability Education & Engagement Portal for Access to Knowledge (DEEPAK)
Everyone needs empathetic caregivers - parents, family, teachers, support groups, volunteers - for rightful development to reach one's potential. So does the the persons with blindness and visually impairment, albeit, often in a different way.
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Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/ Fitting of Aids and Appliances
ADIP Scheme is to assist the needy disabled persons in procuring durable, sophisticated and scientifically manufactured, modern, standard aids and appliances that can promote their physical, social and psychological rehabilitation by reducing the effects of disabilities and enhance their economic potential.
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Planning research and monitoring schemes by Ministry of Social Justice
Get details of schemes by Planning, Research, Evaluation and Monitoring (PREM) division of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Users can find links for grant-in-aid rules for research and publications, priority areas for research and evaluation etc. Guidelines for grant-in-aid for Scheduled Caste development are also provided.
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Information about Institutions for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Disability Education & Engagement Portal for Access to Knowledge (DEEPAK)
Get infromation on Institutions for the Blind and Visually Impaired under Disability Education & Engagement Portal for Access to Knowledge (DEEPAK). The Government, its Ministries and various Departments, Institutions, Non-Government Organizations (NGO) etc. are working to support the lives, education, training, employment and livelihood of people with blindness and visual impairment.
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Central Sector Scheme of National Overseas Scholarship
The Central Sector Scheme of National Overseas Scholarship is to facilitate the low income students belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Denotified Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes, Landless Agricultural Labourers and Traditional Artisans category to obtain higher education viz., Master degree or Ph.D courses by studying abroad thereby improving their Economic and Social status.
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Guidelines for grants-in-aid to NGOs and voluntary organisations
Find guidelines pertaining to grants-in-aid to the NGOs by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Users can access guidelines on inspection and monitoring procedure, penalties, funding projects, grants-in-aid to voluntary organisations, cessation of voluntary organisations, etc.
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Information about Assistive Technology (AT) for Blindness & Low Vision, Disability Education & Engagement Portal for Access to Knowledge (DEEPAK)
Assistive Technology (AT) for Vision in the aspects of reading and writing textual information, graphical or diagrammatic information, generic aids to vision improvement, navigation (orienting oneself and be mobile), support in education, games and leisure activities and day-to-day life.
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Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY)
The Scheme aims at integrated development of Scheduled Castes majority villages.
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Schemes for NGOs by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Find schemes for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Schemes for Scheduled Caste welfare, Social Defence, Welfare of Backward Classes and Empowerment of persons with disabilities are provided. Users can go through links for schemes such as Assistance to voluntary organisations for welfare of OBCs, prevention of alcoholism and substances (drugs) abuse, assistance to disabled persons for purchase...
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Information on Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH), Disability Education & Engagement Portal for Access to Knowledge (DEEPAK)
The portal is primarily designed for persons with deafness or hearing impairment in India, it does cover a lot of information in respect of science, technology, history, and practices that are agnostic to geographic and political boundary.
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DISHA Scheme
This is an early intervention and school readiness scheme for children upto 10 years with the disabilities covered under the National Trust Act.