Autism

This teacher from Bengaluru is helping autistic students study subjects like marketing, finance, and operations.

The Savera School team believed that just giving education to the kids with special needs was not enough. That's when they came up with a model which gives these kids an opportunity to also hone their vocational skills. Read success stories of children with special needs who now have a chance to become independent.

Of chai, snacks, Bangalore sidewalks, conversations, music and awareness.

Music is her language, her soul, her life, her passion, her source of strength. For her, no music means no life. This is the inspiring story of Benzy Kumar.

V-Excel Educational Trust’s Annual Day production ‘Garden of Light’ was a powerful prism for the sheer potential and its intense manifestation of beauty in the world of autism.

Here are 22 centres that cater to the needs of children and adults on the autism spectrum across India. From speech therapy to music therapy, these organizations are using various methods to bring a behavioural change and are doing some amazing work in this field.

This family's early intervention for their autistic child brought a significant improvement in his condition. This is their story along with ways in which you can detect Autism Spectrum Disorder early on and the steps you could take thereafter.

A new program in Chennai is enabling differently-abled children and children with special needs to experience the joys of music, dance and other art forms in a comfortable and non-invasive environment. With performances from stellar artists, this organization aims at including these children in the cultural space that is largely denied to them due to their peculiarities, and allowing them to immerse themselves in the therapeutic effects of creative arts.

Barfi! is a laudable effort on the part of film-maker Anurag Basu for a sensitive portrayal of two forms of disability. However, when we see the film with disabled persons and disability experts, there is a lot that is not accurately depicted and a lot more to be learned, as we find out here.