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Cerebral Palsy: The most common motor disability in childhood This is a fact-first primer on Cerebral Palsy. It aims to inform, and sensitise caregivers, peers and all readers about what this condition looks like, means medically, and the developmental differences it comes with. TSC will keep adding sections to this post to aid a complete [...]

Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) This is a fact-first primer on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It aims to inform, and sensitise caregivers, peers and all readers about what this condition looks like, means medically, and the developmental differences it comes with. TSC will keep adding sections to this post to aid a complete and [...]

ABC of ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) This is a fact-first primer on Autism Spectrum Disorder. It aims to inform, and sensitise caregivers, peers and all readers about what this condition looks like, means medically, and the developmental differences it comes with. TSC will keep adding sections to this post to aid a complete and compassionate [...]

Image Source : https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/10/13/12/29/hands-2847508__340.jpg Down Syndrome: Beyond the facial features This is a fact-first primer on Down Syndrome. It aims to inform, and sensitise caregivers, peers and all readers about what this condition looks like, means medically, and the developmental differences it comes with. TSC will keep adding sections to this post to aid a [...]

An ally is a supporter, an associate, a colleague, a partner, a friend. Allies are usually members of another community that has a higher degree of rights and freedoms, who use their position of comparative privilege to amplify voices and influence change.[…]

Disability is a social construct, and therefore, it can be deconstructed as well to make way for diversity and inclusion. But to deconstruct anything one must first understand its building blocks, and ableism forms the largest chunk.[…]

The maze of disability language is fraught with peril. There are clear frustrations, even among the allies, over which words and phrases to use as the disability language has been evolving.[…]

It’s common college lingo. The sentiment of exasperation flies effortlessly with these words. Any raised eyebrows or hints at the inappropriateness are met with an I-didn’t-mean-it-like-that. […]

One of the biggest challenges faced by new caregivers while researching on the internet is the confusion caused by the seemingly interchangeable use of terms “intellectual disability”, “learning disability”, “learning disorder”, and “learning difference”. […]

Intellectual and developmental disability (IDD), formerly known as mental retardation, is a cognitive impairment caused by trauma to the brain, environmental and/or genetic factors making it develop differently than a typical human brain. […]

Many children with Down Syndrome have speech delays, making educators believe that their ability to read is mechanical and their comprehension compromised. Nothing could be farther from the truth, show new research findings. “ ’Twas the night before Christmas, and Harry Potter was in trouble. Dementors had already knocked out Sirius Black and were closing [...]

This article is the story of how the mind of a person with Down Syndrome plays with numbers, equations and logic giving proof against long-held myth of inability to do think up and understand abstract concepts

What passes through your mind when you come across a person with an intellectual disability? Do you wonder how they/their family cope with it? Have you ever thought about how you will treat such a person? If you know a person with an intellectual disability, will you be comfortable inviting them to a party? What [...]

Two days ago, 80 of us, from 12 different cities embarked on a month long challenge to step up to build more awareness and support for the cause of Intellectual Disabilities. We asked the participants to share what it was that they hoped to get out of this month engaging with this subject and here [...]

Tomorrow we kick off our maiden #StepUp4Sarvodya campaignexcitement’ at the moment!
Lots of folk have gotten added along the way – so here is a quick refresher on what we are up to here!

It has now been a few months since my relocation from London to Delhi. I am asked often what prompted this unexpected move and now that I am here, what am I keeping myself busy with. So, I write this first blog to shed some light on just that for friends, old and new. For [...]