Manasa Rehabilitation and Training Centre is in the service of Intellectually Disabled Children since last 28 years. Till date, the Centre has rehabilitated more than 800 children of various age groups and integrated them into the main stream of society.
“Every child is born to win; are we doing enough to our special children?” Under this tagline the Centre is going forward in educating, training and rehabilitating Intellectually Disabled Children including Autistic children.
The Centre has a vision to create a better world around us and provide training for respectful co – existence of neglected ones and a mission to facilitate Special Children towards a happy and self – reliant life by creating conducive conditions through Education, Training, Employment opportunity, Welfare and Social Security.
For the academic year 2025-2026, the Centre has 145 students (children aged between 3 and 25) undergoing education, up skilling and training. We have recently started an Early Intervention Unit for Autistic children and children aged between 3 and 6 are admitted to this unit. The Centre offers fulltime services of Physiotherapist and Speech Therapist. Postgraduate doctor trainees in the fields of Clinical Psychology and Occupational Therapy from MAHE Manipal and Father Muller Mangalore are visiting once a week and supplement the efforts of our trainers. The training imparted here is free and Intellectually Disabled children irrespective of Caste, Creed or religion are admitted.
Due importance is given to sports and games and the hidden talents in the children are identified and nourished. As a result our students are shining in sports both at National and International Level. Seven of our students won medals in International Special Olympics.
The number of students undergoing training at Manasa is likely to increase from the present 145 to 200 in the coming years. We have planned to commence additional constructions at Manasa Autism Centre shortly. Preparations for the large playground for children are underway. We have also plans to convert the existing old house building into staff quarters to meet the need for staff quarters.
I take this opportunity to thank all our patrons, donors and well wishes for their continued support to the cause of Manasa.
Long leave Manasa.
John Martis, President/ Managing Trustee