Frontiers of Activity

POSAT (Physio-Occupational-Speech Academy of Therapists) is a charitable, Nongovernmental Organization working for the upliftment of poor handicapped and disabled at large. It has been established as a foundation since 1982 as an extension to POSAT-INDIA (Professional's Association) started in 1978. The foundation aims to form a corpus of funds for the welfare of the handicapped. In the words of Late Mother Teresa, to include the poorest of the poor. Mother Teresa Rehabilitation Setup was part of POSAT Activities.

POSAT runs a Medical Rehab Guidance Cell (M. R. G. S.) There are about 500 patients on the list of this Rehab Center being followed up regularly for therapeutic guidance and management. It also runs a School for the Education of the Differently Able (E. D. A.) There are no such similar Centers in the vicinity offering Total Rehabilitation, from Therapy to Vocational training, and education to the disabled in a city like Bombay.POSAT aims to activate potentials of creativity in the differently able with the goal of achieving ABILITY IN DISABILITY WITH RE-ADAPTATION.

IAP-MMI (Manipulative Mobilization India) was founded 14th February 1991 in collaboration with IFOMT (International Federation of Orthopedic Therapists). This is a Special interest sub-group for Physiotherapists. It has in the past decade successfully created enough Awareness and has launched An Academic Program of yearlong training with involvement of the foreign faculty and teachers from POSAT. Its Future is to establish an Accreditation in Manual Medicine, and Residency Program.