The disabled child is posing a great problem to the world. It is calculated that by the year 2000 there will be at least 600 million disabled people. The present condition of 125 million children, who are disabled belong to developing countries.

The most prevalent forms of disability are physical impairment, chronic illness, mental retardation and sensory disablilities. Recognising this global problem the General Assembly of the United Nation had declared 1981 as the International Year of the Disabled Persons with the keynote theme “full participation and equality.’ Its resolution lay down five principal objectives for improving the condition of the disable (1) Helping in their physical and psychological adjustment to their physical and psychological adjustment to their surroundings; (2) To provide proper training and assistance to get job; (3) Encouraging study and reserch projects to help them; (4) Educating and informing the public of the rights of disabled persons; (5) Promoting effective measures for prevention of disability.