INTRODUCTION

When a child has several different disabilities, we say that he/she has multiple disabilities. Example that a child may have difficulties in learning, along with controlling her movements and/or with hearing and vision. The effect of multiple disability can be more than the combination of two individual disabilities.

A child who is multiple disabled should receive help as early as possible so that she can be helped to achieve her potential, and so that her disabilities will not become worse.

The child will be slow to make progress and will have difficulty in generalizing. It is important that we are patient and that we set realistic goals that are small and achievable, as the child can learn only in small steps with a lot of practice and repetition.

Because children with multiple disabilities have problems with all muscle movement, with understanding and often with seeing and hearing as well, communication is very difficult for them.

Often we may not know how much a multiple disabled child is understanding, and her attempts to communicate may be unfamiliar to us and may pass unnoticed. For these reasons we may wrongly label a child as being mentally handicapped when she is not. We must try our best to assess a child’s understanding and expression to ensure that she is not wrongly labeled.

Some examples of multiple disabilities are:

• Deafblind (Visual Impairment + Hearing Impairment)
• Visual Impairment + Hearing Impairment + Mental Retardation
• Visual Impairment + Mental Retardation
• Cerebral Palsy + Mental Retardation/ Hearing/ Speech/ Visual problems

ELIGIBILITY AND SELECTION PROCEDURE

Candidates who have passed 10+ 2 or HSC examination Passing with 50% marks are eligible for the course. 5% relaxation is  for SC/ST Candidates as per RCI norms.Selection will be made through All India Online Aptitude Test (AIOAT) conducted by Rehabilitation Council of India, New Delhi. For more details log on to www.rehabcouncil.nic.in

No. of Seats:  Total of 30 candidates as per RCI Norms.

Medium of Instruction: English /Hindi.

Duration of the course:  Two full academic years (and comprising of 220 working days for each year).

 SCHOLARSHIP:

Students can apply for Scholarship to the concerned government departments.

 Fees:  Course Fees as per RCI norms. 

 Other Fee and Deposited to Manovikas College:

 Examinations

Examination will be conducted as per the guidelines of  Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), New Delhi and NBER.