Special Needs

 Down syndrome or no Down syndrome, every child is unique. There are children who are extremely naughty, nasty and then some who are super sensitive, funny and social....

A dear friend and a fellow parent of a daughter  with Down syndrome always refers to ‘Inclusion’ as a ‘double-edged sword,’ explaining how in absence of good inclusion...

"When it is all finished, you will discover it was never random" I must admit that I got a little stunned reading these rather simple but profound lines....

Last week, my brother got married and, with him I once again got to live the celebrations that we all Indians give so much importance to. Those who...

  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...

Who can forget the famous scene from the movie ‘Kaalia’ where Amitabh Bacchan beats a bad guy to a pulp in the jail when he pushes a handicapped...

There is an old adage about age, that it is an issue of mind, if you don’t mind it doesn't matter. After being a mother of a special...

From the time I saw my daughter watching and enjoying Monster, Inc, I wanted to make a book for her on the same. It has always worked for...

A lot of times, the sibling relationship between a 'typical' and a 'child with special needs' is perceived and presumed to be all hunky-dory. Just like how we...

This was the headline that got my attention over everything else. I was busy glancing at the paper while sipping my Sunday morning tea. The title was catchy...

Education is every child’s RIGHT! And, whether the child is typical or has special needs does not take that right away or tweak it in the way a...

Being  a special needs mother isn't the best thing in the world as propagated by many but it's not the worst either. It's somewhere in the middle! Like...