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A brief overview of the intellectually disabled (ID) population globally, particularly in India, highlights the enormity of this challenge. The […]

THE series of blogs will be inconclusive and open-ended without an action plan or a strategy to deal with the

OFTEN, I am accused of being conservative and overprotective of our special friends. As a parent, I confess I stand

THE meaning of abnormal is “different from what is usual”. In the language of mathematics, abnormal is something that falls

EVERY morning, Thomas went to the beach, picked up fish that were flipping and threw them back into the water.

ACCORDING to the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), inclusivity means creating an environment where adult IDs have

ABOUT a decade ago, the concept of self-advocacy took the world of IDs by storm. Many parents and parent bodies

WE saw the enormity of the problem; it was overwhelming. Most parents of IDs had surrendered to fate. Bringing up

Written by Dr. C. R. Desai WE had learnt a new word: needs analysis. What was the need to establish

Written By Dr. C. R. Desai, President, Navkshitij EARLY 2022 found me shell-shocked after the recent loss of Neelima. I was