Special Needs

From the minute you are told that you are going to have a baby, you create that idea of ‘perfection’ in your heart and mind! And you live...

(This post was written about 3 years ago. I stumbled upon it and quickly realised how crazy I had become at one point about teaching my little precious...

Every year on Teacher’s Day, my phone lights up with messages, wishes, and warm notes. Some are from students, some from parents, some from friends. And...

“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”- Phillip Pullman Story telling is an art and I believe it comes naturally to all...

One hot June afternoon, summer vacations,  bored children and an out of wits mama might be the story of every house but when creativity strikes ( or is...

It was the orientation day in my daughter’s new class, something where all parents officially meet the new teachers for the first time for introductions. I was totally...

“Toys are children’s words and play is their language.” - Garry L Landreth Toys and play is mostly looked upon as an escape from learning. This can’t be far...

  When I got to know that my daughter had Down syndrome, I thought of a life which would be sad, depressing and cheerless in the years to come,...

The other day, a friend and a parent of a child with Down syndrome was telling me how she was unhappy with her speech therapist and was looking...

45 families...Goa...fun and Down syndrome! It is amazing to use all these words in one sentence! When three months ago, in one of our whatsapp group chats we...

  While cleaning a cupboard, I came across an old piece of news in the paper where a pilot father and an air-hostess mother died within a year of...

This video is India's official entry for World Down syndrome Congress and It would touch your heart in more ways than one. I had tears in my eyes...