Intellectual disability in children causes learning difficulty, problem in social communication skills, poor gross and fine motor skills which adversely affect their ability to perform successfully in daily life. Moreover when these children attends mainstream schools, they face additional challenges as compared to their regular peers like lack of competent teachers to understand the children with ID , large size classes, rigid curriculum , negative attitude of parents and teachers about such issues. These factors often lead to high drop-out rates of children with Intellectual disability at a very early stage. Such children when at home are deprived of right to education along with little scope of socialization. It often leads to multifaceted problem to the child as well as for the family. Therefore special education along with one to one intervention by a specialized trainer or a special educator in a conducive environment becomes very crucial and essential.Secondly, Adults with Intellectual Disability has difficulty in understanding new information, in socialising and communicating. Because of their poor cognitive development , they lack in  decision making and judgment skills. These factors limit the ability of such individuals to get employment and navigate independently through life. In such scenario vocational skill development training with incentive based tasks becomes  essential  for Adults with Intellectual Disability. Hence, Ashadeep Day Rehabilitation Centre for Individuals with Intellectual Disability and Associated Disorders and Persons recovering from mental illness was established in the year 1996 in Guwahati, Assam. The mission is to create opportunities to such individuals by providing them special education, therapies and multi-skill training, so as to equip such individuals to live a life of dignity, realize their full potential and finally become a part of the mainstream society.                    

  The Activities of the centre focuses on

• Education –special and conventional education  to children and adults with Intellectual disability and associated disorder attending the Day rehabilitation centre.
• Need based rehabilitation interventions viz, Group therapy, behavioral modification therapy, music and movement therapy, yoga and drama therapy.
• Pre-vocational and vocational skill training with an emphasis on income generating activities .

• Create platform for children and adults with Intellectual Disability (ID) to showcase their abilities through intensive training in extra-curricular activities.

• Regular support and guidance in the form of training and counseling to the caregivers of the 'Day- Residents' attending the centre

About 755 children & adults with Intellectual Disability and persons recovered from mental illness have been registered in this centre till date. On an average 80 'Day- Residents' attends the centre on a regular basis.
Outcome:

• 25 Adults with Intellectual Disability are getting a monthly incentives through Ashadeep’s vocational Unit.

• 15 athletes from the centre has participated in International sports competitions  and won medals for India under Special Olympics Bharat .
• A dance troupe comprising 12 day residents of the centre performed at Rashtrapati Bhavan and Parliament House twice in the year 2019 and highly applauded by Honorable President and Prime Minister  of India who were audience of the program.
• One Day Resident and a staff of the centre were selected to represent in International Art & Music Fest held at South Korea in 2018.

A multi-disciplinary approach is followed at the centre , which comprises a team of Special Educators, , vocational trainers, therapists, counselors , social workers and other logistic staffs. For intensive and effective one to one training module, 1 :5 teacher - student ratio is maintained. This efficient 360 degree approach for the development of each individual attending the centre has given fruitful results. Therefore, this equilibrium cannot be disturbed to ensure future sustainability of the centre.

• Our Request.

Currently , 120 'Day- Residents' attends the center regularly. Out of which 90%of the attendees belong to weaker economic- strata and are unable to pay a nominal monthly fee charged at the center. Moreover other sources of fund like sale proceeds of the articles produced at the vocational unit, individual donations is showing a downward trend after the pandemic. Such situation has led to a major financial crunch to carry out our daily activities . There we request your support in the form of meeting the expenses of carrying out the daily activities of the center for one year. The expense details are given in the following budget:

Expenses incurred for 1 year to run Ashadeep Day Rehabilitation center .
1	Transportation for Day residents	49,249
2	7nos Special Educator and Therapists	7,62,432
2	Special Education Teaching and Training materials	22,163
3	Refreshment	10,472
4	Incentives to 25 Adult day residents	1,73,500
5	Electricity	12,929
6	Cleanliness and hygiene	11,040
7	Sports, games equipments	26,871
10	House Rent for Daycare Centre	2,64,000
12	Vehicle Insurance	46,573
15	Covid sanitizer spray machine and chemicals	11,300
16	Sensitization Programme for the parents on the management needs of the mentally challenged child	15,369
	Total expenses incurred for 1 year	14,05,898