Winner of the 2008 Manthan Award for e-Inclusion, Skid is designed to help kids with disabilities communicate and learn. 

Check out the skid.org.in website for the software as well as ideas on how to get a child started. read more

WEBSITES

If you have not already come across this browser (and the related story of a grandfather who developed this browser for his autistic grandson), here is some info on and link to the ZAC (Zone for Autistic Children) browser.

"ZAC is the first web browser developed specifically for children with autism, and autism spectrum disorders such as Asperger syndrome, pervasive developmenta read more

An article that may be of interest to some who visit educatorslog.in for resources on Autism - The Truth About Autism: Scientists Reconsider What They Think They Know.

According to someone on the AutismICT googlegroup (where I discovered this article), this is the take-away from this articl read more

I have created 2 new yahoogroups called

Bangalore_Autism_Support_Group and Bangalore_South_Autism_Support_Group respectively.

These are mainly for parents, to discuss the various issues related to Autism, the professional resources, good websites, information on any upcoming events like seminars, conferences, meetings etc, This group is also for parents of autistic adults and autistic adolosecents.

The second group is primarily for parents belonging to South Bangalore.

I urge you to join the groups and derive maximum benefit.

Please send a read more

I have had the good fortune of being peripherally involved in efforts in India to explore the use of technology to help children with Autism. read more

AUTISM SOCIETY OF INDIA (ASI)

Information and Resource Centre for Developmental Disabilities (IRC)

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[This is an email written by Dipti Mudgal of May Institute to Dr. Arun Mehta who forwarded it. Please forward this elog to schools or organizations who you think could participate in this study that may one day benefit several children with Autism in India.]

I am involved in multinational study establishing validity of an Autism screening instrument in Hindi for individuals with Autism in India. Currently, I am focusing on translating the scales, but will soon want to determine potential data collection sites. read more

Hi All ....

This is my first post in this site and am really happy that there is some space for discussing about the education for special childrens and here is my little contribution to the parents of the special childs..

My nephew is an autistic child and he is currently studying in V-Excel Educational Trust , in Mandaiveli, Chennai .. a nice organization that was designed to address this issue. read more

Following the summer workshop on the use of technology to help kids with autism, that I reported here in the elog -
Leveraging Technology to Aid Children with Autism (and other disabilities) Dr. Arun Mehta has written this article for Dataquest (see related link).

The article has links to some good material on autism, though the software discussed is pretty much what I had shared with this group in the aforementioned elog.