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Ability Foundation is a national cross disability organisation established in 1995 as a public charitable trust for the empowerment and mainstreaming of persons with disabilities. Based in Chennai, India, Ability Foundation is involved in pioneering activities, ranging from publishing and media, counselling and referral services, advocacy, and training and employment. Over the years, the Foundation has organized several events all of which aim at dispelling stereotypes and changing public attitudes/perceptions towards disabled persons. The organization works towards an inclusive society and equal opportunities and a level playing field for persons with disabilities stressing on the need to have the right opportunities at the right time. This, we resolutely believe will make so much more possible All it takes is an open mind.

Raash Pabri is a Indipendent Journalist & Social Activist. He is also Author of "Avaastavik". He was born in (5 May 2000) Jaipur, India. His originally name is Dharmendra Kumar Meena.

Sense International India (also known as Sense India) is the first and only national-level organisation supporting needs-based services which enable children and adults with deafblindness to overcome the challenges caused by deafblindness. Sense India's key objective is to provide information, guidance, support, and training needed along with being committed to helping persons with deafblindness and multiple disabilities and their families by raising awareness and campaigning for rights, opportunities, and services throughout the nation.

Mobility in Dystrophy (MinD) is a nascent fellowship of the patients of muscular dystrophy in Kerala since 2017 May 1. Muscular Dystrophy is a progressive genetic disorder ie., though the disease may be localized to one part of the body in the beginning, it gradually spreads to other parts, leading finally to a complete cessation of physical movement. The mutation in the normal DNA prevents the production of a protein that is necessary for muscle development leading to gradual degradation of the muscle and restricting the mobility of the person affected. The MinD has been established with the lofty aim of sustaining among its sufferers some sense of dynamism at the psychological level even as the body surrenders to restrictions on movement imposed by the disease. It requires a myriad of courage and self-confidence to face the many “Nos” the disease lead you into. MinD being an organisation led by a group of MD patients can be seen more like a family standing together fighting and setting a model for everyone in the society, clearly saying, Impossible is I’m possible. MinD aims to make an inclusive society where a person with a disability can lead a normal life without being seen as an alien. It is the main objective of MinD to make society be aware of the diseases like MD, SMA etc. Many awareness campaigns have fruitfully made MinD succeed in the same objective. The other vision is to increase the gap of education among people suffering from Muscular Dystrophy and increasing career opportunities. Last but not least, the main goal is to have a rehabilitation centre for patients of MD; to which every action and step merge.

I am Deepa Krishnaprasad from India. At present staying in Srilanka. I am a Mother of a multi-talented Sarrvajeet - a boy of 14 years a child with Special needs .