Author: Andre Velho | Mar 21, 2017 Every year between 23,000 and 29,000 children are born in India with Down syndrome, which is the highest in the world. With recent advancements in clinical treatment as many as 80% of people with Down syndrome reach age 60, and many live even
Author: Andre Velho | Mar 15, 2017 Where Gaurav StartedWhen Gaurav first started Autism Intervention Services at Sethu in the start of 2016, he had just been diagnosed with autism. He was only 3 and hadn’t yet received any intervention or therapy as yet. His parents were desperate to help him get better. He
Author: Silvia Mascarenhas | Feb 11, 2017 I recently met 6 year old Jai (name changed) with his parents at the Sethu Centre. Jai was born in the UK. He lives and studies there but was visiting Goa on a holiday. During his assessment, his parents told me that he
Author: Aileen De Souza | Jan 13, 2017 Post Its, To Do Lists mobile phone reminders, desk calendars, hoardings- visuals play a large role in our lives. At Sethu we see a large number of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), I realized the efficacy of visuals with children with
Author: Patricia Lopes | Dec 16, 2016 MG is a 4 year old little boy who was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) at the age of 1 year 11 months. MG is attending weekly autism intervention sessions with me and his parents are focused on helping their little boy