National Institute For Empowerment of Persons With Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai

National Institute For Empowerment of Persons With Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), is one of the top Universities in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Here are the details about the National Institute For Empowerment of Persons With Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD) Courses, Fees, Placements, cut-off, Ranking, Facilities, and Reviews.

The National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (Divyangjan) was established in the year 2005, on East Coast Road, Muttukadu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, (about 30 km from Chennai Central railway station, Mofussil bus terminus and airport) Under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India, to serve as a national resource center for empowerment of persons with Multiple Disabilities such as those with two or more disabilities in a person. The Disabilities enumerated as per RPWD Act (2016) are Blindness, Low-vision, Leprosy Cured persons, Hearing Impairment (deaf and hard of hearing), Locomotor Disability, Dwarfism, Intellectual Disability, Mental Illness, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, Chronic Neurological conditions, Specific Learning Disabilities, Multiple Sclerosis, Speech and Language disability, Thalassemia, Hemophilia.

Accreditation and Ranking

National Institute For Empowerment of Persons With Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai NIEPMD approved by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE).

Courses Offered

National Institute For Empowerment of Persons With Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai NIEPMD Courses are offered at various levels like Undergraduate Degrees i.e Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT), Bachelor in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Postgraduate Degree i.e Post Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Education And Development, Master of Education (M.Ed.) Special Education and many more. You can also find a brief overview of the different courses offered by the university across various disciplines with their specializations on the Course page.

NIEPMD Infrastructure and Facilities

NIEPMD Library 

The Information & Documentation Center of NIEPMD was established in the year 2005 with the aim of providing information dissemination service, Information Technology & Media service, and Documentation services to the staff, HRD Students, organization, Community & Government functionaries, Rehabilitation Professionals, Persons with Disabilities (Divyangian) and their parents through acquisition, Publications and Research & Development. It plays an important role in satisfying the academic & research mission of NIEPMD and facilitates the creation and dissemination of knowledge. It includes three sections Library, Documentation Center, and Information Technology & Media Center.

NIEPMD Objectives:

To establish and Implement Library and information policies and procedures

To analyze and evaluate information services, technology, and media service requirement for the Information and Documentation center

Acquisition of Information resources for the library users

Arrange, organize, and preserve the information for academic and research need

Documentation & dissemination of information to individuals and organizations working in the area of Multiple Disabilities

The library provides various services for its members such as:

Circulation Services

Membership service

Reference Services

Document delivery service

Resource sharing service

Current awareness/ Selective dissemination of Information Services

Bibliography services

Abstracting services

Inter-Library Lone and Inter-Library Reference Services

Reprographic Services

Library Orientation Services

NIEPMD Documentation Center

Documentation centers enable the users by providing current and past activities of NIEPMD and disability-related information to its beneficiaries. This center also preparing of Annual Reports, Monthly Reports, Daily Reports, and ministry-related reports.

NIEPMD Information Technology & Media section:

The information Technology & Media section creates awareness about the disability schemes and programs of NIEPMD to the general public through print, electronic, and Social Media by inviting press officials for coverage of all programs organized by NIEPMD. This unit also has a computer Lab with internet facilities for the use of staff and students to access digital learning resources like e-Journals and e-books. Under dissemination of information, this unit put up stalls at the exhibitions organized by the government & NGOs. NIEPMD Website is designed and managed by the Information Document Centre. The awareness posters, Videos, Government orders, SOPs, etc have been uploaded on the webpage and also circulated via social Media.

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?At the reception, the support staff starts the process of registration by collecting all the details of the client and categorizing them into UD or MD. The process of registration is completed by collecting the registration charges and service charges as per the NIEPMD fee structure and then the clients are sent to social work professionals for taking up the case history. The staff at reception also guide the clients to other departments for further treatments and follow-up sessions and also receive inter-office calls, and calls and guide them appropriately about our services, and the availability of cottage and guest houses.

NIEPMD SERVICES

After registration, a case history is undertaken Case History enables the professional to communicate with the patient about his/her symptoms, felling, and fears so as to obtain an insight into the nature of the patient's present and past illness. The data is collected concerning an individual, his/her family, and the environment. It includes the medical history, antenatal natal and postnatal history, developmental history, immunization history, school history and family dynamics, and other information that may be used fully in analyzing and diagnosing the case for instructional or research purposes.

Once the case history is collected, then the client will be referred to other departments for specific assessment and intervention. Apart from regular services, NIEPMD also conducts special clinics in the following specialities-Neurology, Psychiatry, and Dentistry, every month. The Institute also supplies medicines to persons with disabilities for neurological and psychiatric conditions at subsidized prices.

NIEPMD SERVICES PROVIDED:

Rehabilitation Medicine

Physical therapy

Occupational therapy

Sensory Integration

Early Intervention Services

Prosthetics & Orthotics

Special education

Psychological Assessments and Interventions

Speech, Hearing & Communication

Vocational training

Vocational Guidance & Counseling

Deafblind

Community-based Rehabilitation

Special Clinics (Psychiatric, Neurology & Ophthalmology)

NIEPMD FAMILY COTTAGE SERVICES:

To obviate the need for everyday commutation by persons with multiple disabilities

To encourage multiple disabled persons from all over the country to avail of the services.

To train the clients and educate the parents in a home-like atmosphere.

Family cottages would be provided to families of clients from distant places for not more than one week.

For further inquiry and details contact us nipped(at)gmail[dot]com

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Clients are assessed and guided to appropriate services

Vision

Persons with Multiple Disabilities have equal rights to lead a better quality of life. This may be enabled with committed professionalism, an accessible environment, equal opportunities, positive attitudes, and appropriate, affordable, acceptable, and available technological interventions.

Mission

To provide need-based comprehensive rehabilitation through a team approach facilitating inclusion, ensuring empowerment of persons with Multiple Disabilities and their families, and substantiating field-based research and development of human resources.