Mithu Alur (born 27 March 1943) is the founder chairperson of The Spastic Society of India – now rechristened ADAPT – Able Disable All People Together.

[4][5] The Spastics Society of India has since changed names and is currently called ADAPT – Able Disable All People Together.

Alur's research work has been instrumental in guiding government policy for people with disability.

Alur's writings, feature articles, opinion pieces, columns and research paper for books, have appeared in many national and international newspapers, magazines, portals etc.

She has also regularly appeared on different news channels, specifically NDTV,[9] advocating the right of people with disabilities.

She has been working in the slums of Mumbai and has recently finished a longitudinal research project with UNICEF where she has created an Education For All model for 'all' children who are disadvantaged including the girl child, the disabled child and children in poverty, demonstrating that inclusive education can happen anywhere, including the poorest places.

[15] Alur, along with husband Sathi Alur, is also currently involved in the Shiksha Sankalp project, an action based research project under the aegis of ADAPT and co-funded by BMZ (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development), Germany and CBM (Christian Blind Mission)[16] that aims to "formulate a protocol or blueprint for screening children out of school—especially the disabled ones—and to create a database which would help the (Indian) government to formulate curriculum according to the special needs".

The foundation aims to do so with schools, hospitals, medical services and livelihood through skills training programmes, and women's empowerment.

[18] She has been a vocal activist against the exclusion of people with disabilities and has written articles, books and papers propagating inclusion in society.