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CASUAL DAY 2022 - ‘’Icelebrate SA WITH PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES’’
Celebrating 50 years
About Us
APD-KZN is an NGO & PBO
History: Natal Indian Cripple Care was established in 1967. Societal changes in the name being changed to NACROD, KWA-NACROD and finally Association for Persons with Physical Disabilities Kwa-Zulu Natal (APD-KZN).
Aim: The association takes all possible action to prevent the occurrence of physical disablement and to render assistance to enable persons with disabilities to attain their maximum level of independence and integration into community.
Our Services
Individual and group
counselling
Community outreach programmes
Assistance in obtaining assistive devices
Referrals for disability
grants
Institutional care
applications
Assessment and placement in special or mainstream school
Referrals to open
labour market
Assessments and placement for protective workshops
Community based
rehabilitation
Early childhood
education
Development of resources in rural / undeveloped areas
Latest News
August 22, 2022
Casual Day 2022
CASUAL DAY 2022: THEME ‘’Icelebrate SA WITH PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES’’ We wish to convey our sincere appreciation and gratitude for your support in last year’s Casual Day. Our Association was able to continue with Casual Day despite the challenging circumstances we were faced with due to the outbreak of Covid 19 pandemic. We want to …
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Dr IP Desai
Dr I P Desai’s contribution in uplifting and providing services for persons with disabilities is unparalleled in South Africa. He joined the fledgling Natal Indian Cripple Care as a member in the early seventies. He soon became an integral part of the Planning Committee. SIVA AUM CENTRE Dr. Desai headed a team that presented a …
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Message from Ms Veliamah Moodley (Lilly) – The first person with disability in receipt of services from the Association
I was born in 1958 and contacted polio when I was one year old. The first five years of my life was spent at home. During that period I was hospitalised for nine months for a hip and knee operation. When Natal Indian Cripple Care was established in 1967, I was accepted for rehabilitation and …
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