In India over 25 million children are born every year. Among them 6% of the children are born with some birth defects. This translates to around 15 lakh children. In addition around 10% of children (25 lakh children) are affected with development delays Children in India is an organisation that is committed to work with parents of these children with birth defects and development delays so that timely early intervention is ensured and these children get education opportunities in the regular schools including Anganwadis.
Children with birth defects and children affected with development delays are often admitted in ‘special schools’. This practice of special school system is excluding majority of children with disabilities from the education opportunity. For example, when around 200,000 children suffer visual impairment every year in India, only 15,000 children have opportunity to join ‘blind’ school for the visually challenged. However it’s is important that every child irrespective of the birth defects or development delay, should have equal opportunity to acquire education as well as experience peer pressure and have opportunities in life.
