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

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

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

The article talks of a standardized test which can detect learning diabilities more or less accurately developed by the University of Haifa - this will be a great help to all and sundry because we are seeing both a mushrooming of people with disabilies and of others with difficulties, along with, in many cases, ignorance about what all this really means - and the very rare case of parents over reacting to minor issues. If this news is true and the test can be standardized even further in terms of language and age level, level appropriateness etc. read more

Having registered and logged in I would like to start by congratulating the originators of this blog plus for bringing out such a cool web space for educators in India. It has a professional look and like "academici" started by Dr. Markus Vincent I hope this one really thrives and becomes an internationally acknowledged hangout for facilitators, generalists, specialists and teachers of every hue and colour.

I would like to draw attention to a gap in Indian education that needs to be addressed. read more