29 April was a red letter day for us at Sethu as Sonya Fernandes, Thematic Lead, Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives, inaugurated our pool. Aahil Noor Sheikh, Sethu kid and winner of two medals at the 25th National Deaf Senior Sports Championship earlier this year swam the first lap, and then …
Vimala Desouza on Skills Development and Employment of Disabled Youth
Our monthly Academic Interest (AI) sessions are conducted to promote professional development by enabling our team to learn from each other and external experts. Vimala Desouza, our most recent speaker, has over two decades of experience as a special educator and inclusion professional in India, Europe and the Mideast. Her …
‘Adolescence, Sexuality and Autism’
“The talk was an absolute success. The Q&A session was interesting and your answers were helpful. The feedback we received after the talk was overwhelming. Everyone said it was just amazing. Thanks so much!” said Divya Swaminathan, a speech and language therapist (SLT), about Dr Nandita DeSouza’s talk on ‘Adolescence, …
Know better, Do better
Anjali Barretto and Mallika Lewis, our Speech and Language Therapists, were at Radio Indigo on April 10 for an insightful and thought-provoking conversation on neurodiversity and ‘embracing the difference’ with Ayesha Barretto. This was part of a weekly series that will air in April, observed as World Autism Month. Anjali …
“I Got Autisam”
When our three-year-old daughter Susie* was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder our whole world came crashing down. We didn’t want anyone to know that she was not ‘normal’. It took a couple of months for us to realise that she was normal, just different. Armed with this realisation, we shared …