| Upto 1980, there was not a single institution imparting education & training to the mentally retarded children & other catagories of handicaps in the industrially & commercially developed as well as populous regions of Thane, Dombivli, Kalyan, Ambernath etc. |  |
| The parents were, therefore required to take their children / wards in need of such special care / training to Mumbai everydaybesides finnacial & other hardships. Appreciating these difficuilties, seven hardcore social workers came together on September 06' 1981, the year for the handicapped & established | |
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'A S T I T V A'
(meaning 'Entity' in Sanskrit),
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| the trust wedded to the cause of education, training & rehabilitation of the mentally retarded & other catagories of handicaps like deaf and mute, blind & physically handicapped. | |
