Badaga, Shankar and M., Anwar and K., Venkatesh
(2019)
Need opportunity not sympathy : bal mela for children with disabilities.
Learning Curve (5).
pp. 66-68.
ISSN 2582-1644
Abstract
Just like any other day, I was on my regular school
visits, but the school I visited that day was special
and invoked an insight in me. The school that I am
talking about is the Government Higher Primary
School in the Kupagal village of Shorapur taluk
(Yadgir district). I was talking to the children of
grades 6 and 7. One child was not responding
since she could not grasp my words. Then, her
friends helped her with hand signs, and she could
understand me. I found out that her hearing
was impaired, and her siblings too had the same
condition. Even though I could not have normal
communication with her, her friends did not seem
to face any trouble communicating with her. This
incident somehow got me thinking that these
children also have special abilities and if only we
could understand them better and provide them
with diverse opportunities, they too could be
successful in studies. I realised what they need
is opportunities, not sympathy, to bring out the
competencies waiting to be unfolded.
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