An Assessment on the Role of Ashadeep (NGO) in Dealing with Persons with Intellectual Disability in Guwahati, Assam.

Abstract

Disability is considered as a serious social stigma along with serious health concern. Persons with disabilities are more likely to experience discrimination and exclusion from the social, economic and political life. They face various challenges to cope up with the society and therefore are more vunerable to poverty, violence and discrimination. Apart from this, it is obvious that the Covid-19 pandemic has to a great extent made the lives of differently abled persons even much more difficult. There is a wide prevalence of differently abled persons in Guwahati. As the non-governmental organisations play a very pivotal role in addressing societal issues so it is in this context, this paper attempts to analyse the role of the non-governmental organisation (NGO) with special reference to Ashadeep in addressing the grievances of the persons with intellectual disability. This paper also tries to find out the challenges faced by individuals with intellectual disabilities during a pandemic situation and also to find some suitable measures to mitigate the problem.