Autism

The effect such speeches have on impressionable minds is the biggest barrier that women need to break.

Every year, different countries across the world take part in global Light-it-up-Blue campaign and light up their most iconic sites in blue to show their support for Autism.

The move should help acid attack victims should they encounter discrimination.

The Nav Prabhuthi Trust. Started in 2013 by Ms Jayshree Ramesh, a few parents of special children and a couple of Rotarians, the trust identified a gaping hole in the vocational training landscape for people with disabilities.

“I knew I had to do something for myself. Yes, I had Bhargav to look after, but I knew that I shouldn’t make that the only thing I did in my life."

“Sometimes we struggle as parents to explain to others what our children are learning in a special school.”

We talk about acceptance. But acceptance comes after ‘letting go’. It’s about letting go of preconceived notions of who your child should be.

These are the same people who will be our future politicians, bureaucrats, corporate heads. What inclusive society are we talking about?

Hope and Happiness, a non-profit organisation by a group of engineering graduates has helped over 130 children since its inception last year in November.

As a parent, raising a child with autism is as much a lesson as it is a challenge. A mother talks about her key takeaways from a lifetime raising a child with autism, and the experiences she has had.