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Place of Birth: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
About Mithu Alur
- Mithu Alur (born 27 March 1943) usually referred to as Dr.
- Mithu Alur, is the founder chairperson of The Spastic Society of India - now rechristened ADAPT - Able Disable All People Together, educator, disability rights activist, researcher, writer and published author on issues concerning people with disability in India. She is a pioneer in the care and education of people with Neuro-Muscular and Developmental Disabilities, like cerebral palsy, autism, Down syndrome and mental retardation.
- After her daughter Malini Chib was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, she realised that the care of people with conditions like her daughter was non-existent in India.
- Hence she trained in England and started the Spastics Society of India (SSI) in 1972.
- Many parents and friends of people with disability in India took inspiration and training from her and her institute to start respective spastics’ societies in different states and today independent Spastic societies exist in 16 states in India with outreach to many rural areas as well.
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