The Inter University Centre for Disability Studies (IUCDS) is a prestigious centre of Mahatma Gandhi University, conceived as a centre of excellence in academic research and outreach activities. IUCDS conducted more than 65 seminars/conferences and other academic programmes. Besides, IUCDS provides Early Intervention and Rehabilitation services through its extension centre Disability Rehabilitation Early Assessment and Management Services (DREAMS). At present Higher Education Department –Sanctioned new B.Ed. Special education courses in Hearing Impairment and Autism spectrum Disorder in the academic year 2021-2022.

In 2018-2019, in association with the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA), the Govt. of Kerala implemented the project “Strengthening Emergency Response Capabilities of the Differently Abled People in Kerala” across the state. It’s a unique project which provides disability inclusive disaster risk reduction training to persons with disabilities. The project is now recognised as a model project by the central government and has developed a draft of national disaster management guidelines—disabilities and disasters — in October 2018. Kerala is the first state in India to launch a disaster preparedness training program for persons with disabilities.