Special Needs

Parenting or special needs parenting is different yet same. Losing yourself in any of them is a sure shot way to be miserable. The happiness flows from inside...

Does your doctor need some 'special needs' sensitivity training? Cause mine does. She is not a paediatrician (thankfully) but a paediatric cardiologist.  We had to meet her two...

What really motivates you, fellow special needs mother, When faced with stigmas, endlessly you suffer, When the days are short and the 'to-do' list is long, When the hospital visits are...

When your child slams the door behind him saying he hates you, he usually doesn’t mean it. It just comes out of anger at the moment. But if...

It’s been just a few days into summer vacations, and I am sure you are already running out of ideas to keep your little monsters occupied. You must...

It isn't easy to be objective about something when your soul is invested in it. 'Down syndrome' is one such word that changed my life forever. From the...

When I decided to put my daughter with Down syndrome in the same school as my son , I received a lot of suggestions and advice from other...

Yesterday, I was invited to speak at National Conference On Down Syndrome. It was not just an honour but was an opportunity for me to address my fellow...

If today you get to know that the child you have been bringing up, was changed in the hospital and your real child is there for you to...

 This beautiful post is written by Capt. Kiran Pun, ex army officer. Kiran is a  precious friend and a  fellow mother. She is married to Lt Col K Sathiyamoorthy,...

There comes a time in your life when you realise the things that matter and things that don’t. It is also true in context of disability. After the...

'Take it easy...its just an Extra Chromosome!!' I had a big smile, when I read this quote. Isn't it brilliant ? So simple yet so effective. So informative yet so...