A Disability people rights advocate Dr. Lalithkumar Natarajan, has floated an NGO ‘Love and Acceptance’ for the welfare of differently-abled persons with the aim of developing employability skills and distribution of assistance to the differently abled individuals. The organization provides equipment’s like wheelchairs, commode chairs, urinary catheters and  bags and construction of accessible toilets and rehabilitation services to persons with spinal cord disabilities at free of cost to unprivileged across India around 2000 members and globally, 500 members.Â
In 2018 under “Love and Acceptance “, Disability Advocacy Training Alliance – DATA, was formed, as a network of DPO across all states of India involving local participants to voice their rights.Â
“I am a person with DISABILITY but, DISABILITY is not my identity†– DrLKN . To emphasis on the quote, Dr LKN had made an universal record by riding pan India to the highest motorable road in the world with his retrofit motorcycle. An avid adventure lover practices rifle shooting as his regular sports activity.Â
Dr LKN, started his career as a primary school teacher raised to work with an international banker, and Human Resource Management (HRM) consultant and worked and trained students/Entrepreneurs/startup managements. After 2010 he shifted and actively committed with Disabled person’s rights and advocacy and services along with government agencies on accessibility auditing programs, Policy consultation, Sensitization programs for Teachers /Executives of the public and other sectors.Â
Currently, DrLKN is actively involved with India and neighboring states under various projects with Love and Acceptance partnering with Government institutions and other institutions on empowering Rehabilitation/Skill development/Advocacy /Employment, for the cross-disability community. He went on to present papers on topics with sustainable development goals and many subjective topics and projects pertaining to disability services and advocacy at National and International arenas.Â
Since 2017 few national organizations and institutions have recognized DrLKN with awards in recognition for his services to the Pwd fraternity. In the future Love and Acceptance works with importance to make refugee camps with accessible sanitation / Universal Disability Identity card for Pwd travelers/ Policy for accessible education without age limitations / and adventure activities for Pwd’s also to taking our current projects and our services more internationally.
Contact Person: Lalith Kumar Natarajan