WEBSITES

Amir khan and experts sharing views on Dyslexia

B.Sc.,B.Ed.,M.Ed

The presentation is about assessment of Multiple intelligence

Some websites for Educating children with Autism

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

[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

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.

Following from the success and lessons from their workshop in Dehradun where they used technology to help kids with autism, Dr. Arun Mehta and his colleagues are currently conducting a similar workshop in Bangalore (May 26-30, 2007). The participants include children of various ages with autism, their parents, special educators, volunteers (from IBM and some independent - like me). read more

The Glass Case

As I stay locked in my glass case
And watch the world go by,
I wonder…
Do you ever see
The smile on my face,
The twinkle in my eyes?
If you just paused to look for a second
You may have caught a glimpse..
Would you care to join me sometimes

Inside my case?

Maybe then, you would hear my screams for helpread more