A one day awareness programme for grassroots level workers was held today in Mairang to help sensitise them on disability and the rights of people with disabilities.
ASHA and Anganwadi workers attended the event, which was organised by the Composite Regional Centre (CRC) for Skill Development, Rehabilitation and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities in collaboration with the Resource Centre for Disability Affairs and Departments of Social Welfare and Health and Family Welfare.
The programme featured sensitisation sessions by physiotherapist RJ Wahlang, CRC lecturer I Wahlang, clinical psychologist I Shadap and pathologist Dr M Nongphud. CRC officials Ram Shakal Sahani and Akshay Kumar also spoke at the programme.