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Awareness

Understanding Sensory Needs in Neurodiverse Children and Adults

Have you ever seen someone jump when a fork scrapes across a plate while another person keeps eating like nothing happened? It’s a small glimpse into how wildly different our brains process everyday noise. For many neurodivergent people, routine sounds,

Parenting

How Cartoons Can Shape Kids’ Long-Term Eating Habits

In many households, mealtime now includes a side of screen time. Happy tunes from cartoons and colourful animated adventures often fill the background as children eat. It may seem harmless, even helpful, but watching cartoons during meals can greatly affect

Therapy

Rehabilitation Counsellors: How They Help People Rebuild Their Lives

You have probably heard of psychologists, physical therapists, and career coaches, but what about rehabilitation counsellors? The name might sound a bit unfamiliar, but the work they do is incredibly important, especially for people living with a disability, recovering from

Education

UDID in India: Streamlining Identity and Access for Persons with Disabilities

UDID stands for Unique Disability ID. It is considered to be an initiative by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD). It was developed to create a national database of persons with disabilities and issue them a unique

Awareness Parenting

Tourette Syndrome in Childhood: Early Signs, Challenges, and Interventions

Imagine a child in a classroom, hands twitching, eyes blinking rapidly, letting out an unexpected grunt. The room gets quiet. The teacher pauses. Peers giggle or stare. What no one sees is the invisible storm beneath the surface of a neurological tempest

Education

The Role of Task Analysis in Enhancing Child-centred Interventions and Well-being

Task analysis is a technique of dividing hard tasks into simpler, uncomplicated steps to realise how a user does them. This technique identifies the particular actions, cognitions, and environmental conditions that result in goal attainment. Analysis of these factors allows

Therapy

Disability-Affirmative Therapy

Disability-Affirmative Therapy (D-AT) is about providing people with disabilities a safe space to share their experiences and their take on disability, and how they are tackling this in various aspects of their lives. It also addresses the biases, prejudices, discrimination,

Awareness

Cafes Brewing a Brighter Future: The Power of Inclusive Employment

Imagine walking into a cosy cafe, ordering your favourite cup of coffee, and seeing a team of people working together—some with disabilities, some without—each contributing in their way. Feels good, right? That’s not just a dream. In India, it’s becoming

Education

Behavioural problems in School-aged children: A Psychoeducational Perspective

One of the most pressing concerns of modern education is the behavioural issues exhibited by school children. These problems manifest in the form of aggression, inattention, social defiance, etc., which disturb the classroom dynamics and affect the academic development of

Education Health

Recognizing Cognitive Biases in Mental Health Diagnosis

Imagine sitting in the office of a therapist, feeling vulnerable and open, ready to receive help and healing, to receive a diagnosis that doesn’t quite capture your experience. That discrepancy is sometimes more than a matter of misunderstanding; it might