Ishanya India Foundation
The world is facing a pandemic that is making everyone take drastic measures to change their lifestyles and adjust to the current situation. I recently joined Ishanya India Foundation and was introduced to a new mode of teaching – virtual classes. This medium of learning, interacting and teaching was not just new for me but …
I write this article with gratitude and love to all my students and colleagues who have made special education satisfying for me. My biggest realization is that abilities outweigh disabilities. I believe that everyone in the classroom has a story or an incident that leads to a misbehaviour, breakdown and defiance. But 9 out of …
The essence of this blog is to impress upon the readers, that it is imperative to take a moment to acknowledge the harsh and sudden changes that we have been thrown into, in the time of Coronavirus. More often than not, when frightening situations conquer our “associative processes” (those that lead to the maintenance and …
Ishanya, as we all know, is a place for individuals with “special needs”. Actually, it’s not just that. Personally, it has been a “special family” and a “special journey” where I have had several “special learnings”. As an individual and as a society we have lot of things we can learn from our children here. …
In our continued effort towards inclusion, on this World Autism Awareness Day spread across a month-long program as Autism Awareness Month we had an incredible opportunity to visit Citrix Systems, Inc. and Cisco Systems, Inc. The students of Ishanya got a first-hand experience of a work environment. It provided an opportunity to plan, organize, …
Individuals with special needs are people first & they have different abilities, as they say, “if you judge a fish by its ability to run, we will never get anywhere” – Try & focus on their abilities rather than disabilities. My first experience with Special NeedsMy first significant encounter with special needs was about 3 …