ACCCORD was registered as not-for-profit initiative in the year 2007 under the societies registration act XXI/1860, and no.459/07.
It has also approvals from the Government of Kerala, Department of social welfare under the person with disabilities (PWD) act, 1995 as well as from the ministry of social justice and empowerment under the National trust act , 1999, (NO.140217231661021/MR/CP/A TISM/MD)
Formation of ACCCORD and its service providing center RICCCH was an initiative of handful of service minded individuals from varying professional backgrounds like health management, human relations, speech pathology, psychology, management, accountancy, genetics etc.