Spastic Society of Gurgaon
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| Abbreviation | SSOG |
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| Formation | 2007 |
| Founder | Rajesh Bhola |
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | Organization working in disability |
| Purpose | Care of persons with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, autism, multiple disabilities |
| Headquarters | Sector 4, Gurgaon, Haryana, India |
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| Services | Occupational therapy, Counseling, Vocational training, Psychotherapy, Imparting counseling to guardians, Multiple single window services, Assistance in issuance of disability certificates, NIRAMAYA cashless insurance cards, Medical check ups, Distribution of medicines and medical aids, etc. |
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Membership
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NGO Member, Local Level Committee (LLC) Gurgaon appointed by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India. |
| Slogan | Efforts for the care of spastics |
| Website | http://ssog.in |
Spastic Society of Gurgaon covers within its scope the programs on occupational therapy, counseling, vocational training and psychotherapy of the children with autism, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and multiple disabilities in Haryana, India. It is India's first non-profit disability sector organization which was awarded ISO certification by United Kingdom Accreditation Service : United Registrar of Systems for quality of services rendered by it. It also works in the field of imparting counseling and psychotherapy to the parents and guardians of the disabled children. Mass camps are conducted for welfare of children with disabilities. Multiple single window services like assistance in issuance of disability certificates, NIRAMAYA cashless insurance cards, medical check ups, distribution of medicines and medical aids are rendered to the disabled in such camps. Being sponsored by Haryana Government it undertakes disability audits of organizations for assessing accessibility compliance by them.
It was founded by Rajesh Bhola along with some eminent doctors and social workers drawn from different super specialty fields. Rajesh Bhola is working for the cause of persons with disabilities since 1985 and was the main person behind formation of the Society and is serving as its President. He completed his Post Graduation in English Literature with Linguistics from Punjab University Chandigarh. Later he completed his PhD in English Literature. He is an Indian spiritual writer known for his weekly spiritual column in Friday Gurgaon. Also contributes articles to Hindustan Times Inner Voice and blogs to The Speaking Tree of The Times of India.
Spastic Society of Gurgaon aims to address certain questions related to welfare of spastic children of Gurgaon, NCR and Haryana. People from various walks of life have joined hands to make efforts to arrange for long term care of such children; and also to help their parents live life fully, purposefully and contentedly by bringing them closer to each other, by creating coordination between various agencies, social workers, professionals and infra-structure providers. Efforts are also being initiated to make environment of Gurgaon, the millennium city of India, more spastic friendly.
Services being rendered by SSOG through two separate delivery channels are the Center for Special Children and the Center for Physiotherapy for Senior Citizens. All the services rendered at the Center for Special Children are free of cost. It was established to expedite provision of disability certificates and as a single-window service to assist disabled persons in obtaining benefits from the state and central governments. SSOG has been appointed as NGO Member of Local Level Committee (LLC) Gurgaon by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India. As part of rehabilitation, the specially challenged persons are kept in the mainstream and looked after for their emotional needs as well. Music and entertainment is part of rehab. Many noted persons from music, art, craft and drama fields often meet such children during interactive sessions with guardians of such children. Ila Gokarn is one of the young Bharatnatyam exponents who performed at Spastic Society of Gurgaon.
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