Inclusion and disbility
Recently , I attended the India inclusion summit, and was accompanied by two mothers enroute to the venue, and whose kids were in the age group 7-8 years. The conversation soon veered to discussing kids. One mother said "I was worried my son should wake up before I leave, and I had prepared him yesterday that I would be going . I was so relieved when he woke up before I left and told him I will be back in the evening." Immediately the other mother asked her " Does he understand the concept of Evening?" And I thought how weird, how challenging is the problem of autism. I was for the the most a mute spectator and most of the time I tuned out. As parents we know the level of preparation that goes into every event, or change in routine. They were discussing medicines, therapies....... And one mother said ,"My son wanted a different chapati, and kept shooing...