Disabled Development and Research Center-DDRC is a non-government, not for profit and nonpolitical persons with disabilities leaded organization was set up on 14th October, 2005.
 
Back ground of the organization is the consequence of the painful accident of its founder and Executive Director Mr. Shahidul Islam Shazzad. He was leading a normal life before his accident. In 2003 he became a victim of road accident. Unfortunately, he did not recover his mobility and has become a wheel chair user. His terrible accident has caused him lifelong disability; He realized that he is not alone a disable. There are lots of Person with disability throughout Bangladesh. But, unfortunately they are discriminated in all respects. He also realized that these under privileged people have lots of potentials but lack of opportunities to materials their talents. He realized that there should have some platform to be leaded and managed by the Person with disability and to serve the Person with disability. As long as realizing the necessity of a platform of Person with disability; they have formed the organization name Disabled Development and Research Center-DDRC.
 
The organization started working with persons with disabilities to make them aware and organized. Gradually, it has been growing up. Now the organization has been conducting various development programs like Education, Health, Livelihood, Social, and Empowerment. DDRC mainly worked on Community Based Rehabilitation -CBR approach. Provide rehabilitation and education support to Youth and Children with disabilities, Formation of self-help groups of persons with disabilities. Providing various types of training for capacity building of self-help group members, informing about various facilities about local government and ensuring facilities. Inclusion of persons with disabilities in various local government committees,