
At school, like all other students
The Hindu
Initiative for differently abled students
Arun S. who has cerebral palsy had been receiving home-based education by resource persons of the Samagra Shiksha, Kerala.
Like many other differently abled children unable to go to school, this Class V student would see his friends, teachers, and people’s representatives drop in once a month as part of the Samagra Shiksha’s ‘Changathikkoottam’ programme that was aimed at improving their confidence and social skills and bringing them into the mainstream.

Under the NBS, newborns are screened for communication disorders before they are discharged from the hospital. For this, AIISH has collaborated with several hospitals to conduct screening which is performed to detect hearing impairment and other developmental disabilities that can affect speech and language development. The screening has been helping in early intervention for those identified with the disorders, as any delay in the identification poses risk and affects successful management of children with hearing loss, according to AIISH.