Intellectual Disability Treatment in Delhi

Intellectual disability support in Delhi is about function rather than about a number. An IQ score sets a context; what actually decides a life is how much someone can do for themselves and how much the world around them adapts. The short answer is both our Delhi centres, Vasant Kunj and Malviya Nagar, and which one is a question of your journey rather than of the service.

Which of our Delhi centres you would use

We have two centres in Delhi, and which one you use is a question of geography rather than service, because the same pathway runs at both.

eMbrace Vasant Kunj, at C-7, Sector C, Pocket 5, Grand Vasant Kunj, is the larger team and serves south-west Delhi: Vasant Vihar, Munirka, R.K. Puram, Safdarjung Enclave, Anand Niketan, Shanti Niketan, Moti Bagh and Chanakyapuri.

eMbrace at Rainbow, Malviya Nagar, at FC-29, Plot No. 5, Geetanjali, beside Malviya Nagar Metro Station Gate No. 1, serves the Yellow Line corridor through Saket, Hauz Khas and Green Park, and the drive-in catchment of Greater Kailash and Defence Colony. It runs inside Rainbow Children's Hospital, so multidisciplinary therapy sits in the same building as assessment.

If you are in north or west Delhi, either centre is a real journey, and we would usually suggest starting online and coming in only for the parts that have to happen in a room.

This is measured in years and transitions rather than in courses. The heaviest periods are early childhood, the move into school, and adolescence into adulthood, and families commonly work with us in blocks around those rather than continuously.

For parking, the nearest drop-off point and the quickest route at your particular time of day, ask on the intake call. Traffic and parking around every one of these centres change enough through the day that current directions from someone who works there beat anything we could fix on a web page.

What support covers

Two strands run together. One is assessment: establishing the profile properly, which matters because support and entitlements both depend on it being documented accurately. The other is teaching and adaptation, aimed at the specific things that would make daily life work better.

• Cognitive and adaptive assessment, covering daily living skills as well as reasoning
• Special education and functional academics aimed at use rather than at curriculum coverage
• Communication support, and occupational therapy for self-care and independence
• Family support, and guidance on school placement and what documentation is needed

The detail sits on our intellectual disability support page.

Assessment first, and why it matters

A proper assessment covers cognitive ability and adaptive functioning together, because the second predicts daily life far better than the first does. Two people with similar scores can live very differently depending on what they have been taught and what has been adapted around them.

On paperwork: what we provide is a clinical assessment. A disability certificate under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act is issued by a government medical board through its own process, and we explain that route rather than leaving you to discover it later.

What we work on most

At our Delhi centres the commonest work is assessment for school placement and documentation, followed by functional academics and daily living skills. Malviya Nagar runs inside Rainbow, so where a medical or genetic question sits alongside the developmental one, both are in the same building.

Who you would see

Dr Supriya Malik, Founder and CEO, and Head of the Child Development Centre at Rainbow

PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of Birmingham, where she was also a postdoctoral researcher, and a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society in the UK. She designed the assessment and therapy pathways every eMbrace centre runs.

Across our Delhi centres, the clinicians who take this work are:

Dhriti Dharana, Clinical Lead

MSc in Clinical Health Psychology and Well-being from Middlesex University, UK. Behavioural therapy with neurodivergent children and parent training, from a neurodiversity-affirming position. Works in fluent English and native Hindi.

Taranpreet Kaur, Clinical Psychologist

M.Phil in Clinical Psychology with distinction, plus a Post Graduate Diploma in School Counselling from Symbiosis. ACT and MBCT for anxiety, depression, OCD and trauma, and comprehensive psychological assessment. Works in English, Hindi and Punjabi.

Mannat Kaur Arora, Psychologist

Professional Diploma in Clinical Psychology from Amity University Haryana and an MA in Psychology from the University of Delhi. Assessment across MISIC, WISC-IV, Conners 3, CBCL, ISAA, CARS and the NIMHANS SLD battery. Works in English and Hindi.

Which of them you see is decided on the intake call rather than by whoever has the next free slot, and you are told who it will be before you book. Fuller biographies are on our about page.

Schools and services we already work with

Support around Delhi reaches past the therapy room, particularly towards work and independence, through:

Our Malviya Nagar centre runs inside Rainbow Children's Hospital, New Delhi, which is why occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech therapy, behaviour therapy and special education sit in the same building as assessment.

Since 2025 we have delivered corporate workshops with Atypical Advantage on inclusivity and neurodiversity, autism awareness and mental health awareness.

Where a child or adult needs psychiatric input, we work with Sukoon across Delhi NCR for psychiatric assessment, consultation and medication management, so you are not left to find a psychiatrist yourself.

Fees and how progress is judged

Fees are quoted upfront on your intake call. Assessment is priced as one piece of work; ongoing support depends on frequency.

Progress is judged on daily function rather than on scores: whether someone can do more for themselves this year than last. That is the measure that changes a life, and it is the one we write goals against.

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