Sexual Abuse: A Special Need Mother’s Worst Nightmare!

“Another girl of 5 years was sexually abused in a leading school by his cab driver.” It was just another news sitting in the left corner of a...

Special Reads For Special Needs: Our Reading Workshops And All That...

If you've been brought up with love for reading, you'd know how much it hurts when your child struggles with a book. When it is hard for them...

Adapting And Modifying An English Lesson For Special Needs

The first and most essential adaptation is determining what information is most critical for students to learn and adjusting the instructional emphasis of the program. Apart from this,...

Is The World Finally Coming To Terms With Down Syndrome?

  I am not a judgemental person or at least I try not to be one. I also hate the sympathy cap or ‘I am better than you’ cap...

Special Need Mothers – Have Great Expectations !

There are certain incidents in life that you never forget. And for a mother of a child with special needs such incidents are more than many. The milestones...

Down Syndrome Doesn’t Define My Daughter

Finally! the hard work paid. Aarshia read the entire book on her own! Mom floating in the air already. Project 'reading' phase one completed. Best part, the entire thing...

Why And How I Taught Reading To My Daughter With Down...

 For the longest time I remember, I have never said ‘No’ to a book that my son had asked to buy. I had introduced him to books way...

7 Special Needs Mother Bloggers You Must Follow!

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”- Harper...

Can Children With Special Needs Really Have ‘Typical’ Friends..?

  It was a normal evening in my kids' school premises. I was waiting for my son and his class to come back after an excursion. There were Mothers...

Why Do We Want To Send Our Special Needs Children To...

I have been asked this question many times. Sometimes by people who were well meaning  and, a lot of times by those who were not. People have asked...

Stop Pitying The Special Needs Parents!

It was a normal day, nothing unusual. Saturday afternoon, a visit to the nearby mall with both the children, where I was checking out the ‘to buy’ list...

Language Comprehension Resources For Special Needs

As parents we all keep working to make our children ready for this world. And it is hard! Teaching every possible skill through different mediums is not just...