Care4autism

The last weekend I and Ramam set out on a camping trip. I would not have thought of such a possibility as this few months back. But it was made possible by Sarbani   mallick and her team at Bubbles. As everything was taken care of, logistics, food, accommodation all that was needed to be done was to pack my bags and leave.                                                       But, yes there were way too many apprehensions in my mind in the beginning. Will I be able to manage him alone? What about his food? I think food is always such a major issue with parents. Loaded my bag with every conceivable gfcf snack. It was some solace there were couple of other parents with children on the diet.       ...

It has been quite some time since I have blogged. Somebody recently asked me how often do you blog? I said probably 2-3 posts a month. But then I realized I have posted just one this month, I better buck up. My GFCF recipes have also dried up!! Am going thru a lean phase with nothing much I can think of adding. But just this. I recently attended a workshop by Dr. Yamini and Dr. Shiv Shankar from NIMHANS on language building and communication for our children, Sorry, I haven’t got the title right but what mattered was the content of the workshop.   I was looking forward to Dr. Yamini’s talk as I have interacted with her on earlier occasions but Dr. Shiv Shankar was also equally good.   The first point he made was not to confuse language with speech therapy. What we want for our children is language therapy and not speech therapy. One spends time commuting to therapists, money on therapies all to no avail because language therapy is something one must to do 365 days 24*7.The th...

I would request all readers reading this blog especially from Bangalore to give this post its due importance. For people who are totally unaware of the new disability act coming into act shortly, I would like to provide some background information. A new law is being worked on for people in the disability sector as a replacement of the 1995 PWD (persons with disabilities) act. A working draft committee with a handful of very committed members (as I say handful, in terms of comparison to the number of people affected) is looking into it. This is an issue close to all our hearts especially the parents.   Read on. This is an abridged version of a mail that has been circulated among the members for a better understanding of the law and its shortcomings. The issues are ·          The man date of the committee, and specifically the one law multiple law issue ·          Inclusive education versus appropriate ...

After attending the meeting organized by ALFAA, I was for once, looking forward to    meeting a government official, somebody from the census board.   I was also pumped up after watching the commercials being aired on TV to include disabled persons, no matter what the disability in the census. Autism as of now is not mentioned in the census which is very sad, given the fact it is increasing at an alarming pace. It is it is clubbed with “others” in the disability category.                                          Unfortunately for me, the official turned up at my doorstep at an inopportune time. Ramam was in a foul mood, and I requested him to come after 10 minutes. I requested him to complete the formalities for the other apartments on my floor. He then told me initially it ...

A friend of mine called me up and told me about this article in  The Hindu Metro plus today's edition. The chefs of Hotel Sheraton have been creating mouth watering GFCF receipes for the students at V-excel educational trust. For those of you who have not heard of V-excel, the school handles CP and autistic children.They have implemented this program for the children for the last  2 years  in the school with good results.Three cheers to such wonderful meaningful partnerships. Read on  http://www.hindu.com/mp/2011/02/11/stories/2011021150871000.htm

         1.   There is a workshop on enhancing the teacher’s creative and cognitive potential organized on the 26 th jan at akshayam preschool and resource centre, C.V. Raman nagar Bangalore. The registration charges are at Rs.250 only. The contact numbers are Mrs. Indira Swaminathan 919880815617 and Ms.Manjit Kochar 919845699451.                    The workshop is designed to equip participants with techniques and ideas on how to use teaching aids/materials more creatively and innovatively. The workshop is open to Parents, Pre-school teachers, Primary teachers, Special Educators, Therapists and all others who would find this topic interesting and helpful.          2.     KILIKILI is organizing the Kilikili - Habba at M N Krishna Rao Park.   Timings from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at M N Krishnarao Park, ...

Here is the list of two more schools in Bengaluru send to me by another parent.  The schools are near the Thippasandara area. One is kara4kids and  the other Geethanjali Montessori Both offer integrated programs, kara4kids is really expensive . There are however no therapies in Geetanjali The staff here have dealt with autistic kids.  Also check out my earlier posts on schools in bengaluru .                               He also recommends another app for the i-pod First words Delux which his son loves. Here are the links to two websites that have a wealth of information http://www.autism-pdd.net/ . http://www.possibilitiesunlimited.in/ . The second website is oriented towards education of special children                      T...