Krishnamurthy, Sita
(2019)
The long road to acceptance.
Learning Curve (5).
pp. 69-73.
ISSN 2582-1644
Abstract
Almost all of us in this world are brought up to aim
for comfort, money, status and enviable careers.
There is no room, or even a passing thought, for
a special-needs person in these plans, either as a
parent, or a sibling or even a teacher. So, when a
child with a ‘disability’ is born, parents have great
difficulty accepting it as special-needs children were
not in their life plans. Statistics show that for every
59 live births, one child has the Autism Spectrum
Disorder (ASD). However, other disabilities, such as
intellectual challenges, spasticity, learning disability
(as known in India), Down’s Syndrome (DS) and
hyperactive disorder are comparatively lower in
incidence.
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