Welcome to
Centre for Services and Information on Disability
Up to the end of 19th century Disability was being viewed with medical aspect and as a spiritual manner. It was believed that disability occurs as the result of sin. A person with a disability was being treated as a victim of curse and/or a person with bad fate. Appropriate information relating to disability was vastly lacking, so people of all level were not aware of issues relating to disability. The rights of persons with disabilities were not recognized and there were no legislative protection of the rights of disabled persons. The persons with disabilities were living with deprivation, neglect, discrimination, which resulted isolation and exclusion from mainstream society. The Government was considering disability as welfare issue so disabled persons were totally excluded from any development initiative, plan and activities. A very few NGOs were working with the disabled persons but emphasizing on the medical perspective rather giving importance on the rights and entitlements.
Experiencing the above situation in personal life, with the aim of mainstreaming disability issues through addressing the problems and issues of persons with disabilities Khandaker Jahurul Alam (present Executive Director & who himself is a person with physical disability) jointly with other two persons with disability and two like minded social workers formed the Centre for Services and Information on Disability (CSID) as a Non-profit voluntary organization in December 1997.
