My kid was diagnosed, when he was 18 months old. At that point of time, my kid was addicted to rhymes. He approached me for mobile/tablet only. Imagine a mother’s feeling in the particular scenario. It was very tough for me. After Gurugulam, he has changed a lot. Now he is completely a different kid.…
I am a mom to a five year old typical girl and an eight year old autistic boy. My children gave me a firsthand teaching on how self-confidence can make the seemingly impossible possible and I would like to share it with you. Confidence has tremendous impacts in the way we approach different situations, the…
I am mom to a five year old typical girl and eight year old autistic boy. One of my main tasks as a parent of an autistic child usually revolved around finding children to socialize with my special needs child. I wanted to find some kids to interact with my son on a regular basis…
The Bajaj Avenger Club bikers, Gurugulam and Samarpan took us through a wonderful ride from Bangalore to Kolar today. The bikers were superbly organized and along with the Gurugulam team took care of the entire group. The leader always had a view of what was happening with the last rider through a martial rider who…
The dictionary defines acceptance as ‘the process or fact of being received as adequate, valid, or suitable.’ I have an eight-year-old special son and coming to terms with this reality that life has placed upon me was not an easy one. I can’t talk about it as a matter of the past because I still…
Resilience, the most wanted virtue in this modern world? Resilience or flexibility is the quality of bending easily without breaking. What is important is the without breaking bit. Translating this into our lives, this would mean adapting ourselves to the situation; any situation. It could be a simple daily situation in life or a complex…
As usual, after returning from school, Ethan was looking for the best deal.. what’s available to eat ..rice, sabzi, dosa .. no nothing that appealed to him. Then he proceeded to open the shelf, took out the iron frying pot and put it on the stove and asked me to turn on the gas.…
I will start by giving a few examples this confusing topic could be best explained with only real life scenarios. One day I saw my five-year-old daughter go to the bathroom quietly with a bubble maker. She drank out of the bottle and tasted it when I walked into the bathroom. She suddenly stopped what…
I have an eight year old autistic child and a five year old typical. As every fellow parent of a special child, I was at my wits end trying to find the missing pieces of the autism puzzle. My son was labeled ‘high functional’ but couldn’t engage himself when left free without external stimuli.…
It is a bright and sunny Saturday morning. My 5-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son are hanging out at home and I decided to put up a new swing I have been planning to install in my house since past many days. Our kitchen opens into a large dining area, which I left as open as…
