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Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment inaugurating the second international conference on Early Intervention in Mental Retardation in Chennai on Friday. CHENNAI: The State Government will soon introduce a toll-free helpline for the disabled apart from constituting mobile courts in January at Tiruchi and Chennai to address the grievances of victims of disability. This was announced by V. K. Jeyakodi, State Commissioner for the Disabled, while addressing the second International Conference on Early Intervention in Mental Retardation that got going on Friday under the auspices of the Madhuram Narayanan Centre (MNC) for Exceptional Children. The toll-free helpline and the mobile courts are being set up with assistance of the Chief Commissioner of the Disabled, Government of India. The mobile courts would function on January 4 and 5 at Tiruchi before moving to Chennai on January 7. An exhibition on aids and appliances for the disabled from January 4 to 7 at Tiruchi will precede the adalat. Mr. Jeyakodi said the measures were part of an unprecedented allocation of Rs.25 crore by the Tamil Nadu Government for the welfare of the disabled. The measures included tie-ups with NGOs for running early intervention centres for the hearing impaired, setting up 30 such centres — one for each district — for mentally retarded children and providing vocational training for adults with mental disability in seven districts. Earlier, inaugurating the two-day conference, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan said Tamil Nadu had pioneered with a monthly maintenance aid of Rs.500 for persons with disability. The scheme would benefit 30,000 people. The Government of India had launched a series of measures, including promulgation of three important legislations, for the welfare of the disabled. Major General Cardozo, chairman, Rehabilitation Council of India, called for involving the medical fraternity in early intervention programmes for the disabled. The participation of doctors, who were the first contact point for persons with any form of disability, was imperative for early intervention initiatives to succeed, he said. N. Kumar, vice chairman, Sanmar Group; Jaya Krishnaswamy, director, MNC and P. Jeyachandran, Vijay Human Services, spoke.
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