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A sensory parkland for enhancing therapeutic and vocational opportunities for persons with intelligence and developmental disabilities was inaugurated astatine Amar Abdul Kalam Rehab Orchard, Amar Seva Sangam (ASSA), Ayikudy, Tenkasi territory connected Wednesday.
According to a property release, the parkland was inaugurated by Cameron Noble, Deputy Consul General, Australian Consulate-General, Chennai, successful the beingness of Tenkasi District Collector Kamal Kishore. Superintendent of Police G. S. Madhavan was the impermanent of honour. A. Mahadevan, Samruddhi Trust, Padma Shri D. R. Karthikeyan and others participated.
About the project
The task was supported nether the Australian government’s Direct Aid Program (DAP), a tiny grants inaugural funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and administered locally done the Australian Consulate-General successful Chennai, with a assistance of ₹7.99 lakhs. The DAP focuses connected supporting locally driven, sustainable improvement initiatives that fortify communities and beforehand inclusion, peculiarly successful areas specified arsenic disability, education, health, and societal participation.
The sensory parkland comprises 9 cardinal components, including multi-textured sensory pathways, accessible walkways, motor-planning play structures, equilibrium and coordination equipment, water-based sensory features, shaded therapeutic spaces, and enactment zones designed for aboriginal involution and vocational readiness. Together, these components enactment sensory integration, centrifugal development, societal interaction, and meaningful engagement with nature, benefiting some children and adults with intelligence and developmental disabilities.
The programme was held successful the beingness of laminitis president and president S. Ramakrishnan. co-chairman and caput S. Sankara Raman, enforcement committee members Murugiah, Pattammal and T. V. Subramanian.
The inaugural marks an important milestone successful the improvement of the Amar Abdul Kalam Rehab Orchard arsenic a holistic, nature-based rehabilitation ecosystem, the merchandise said.
