by Sushama Nagarkar | May 31, 2015 | Dabba Service
So Aarti is one of our adult interns at Arpan. She has autism. A self-advocate’s view would be that her autism defines who she is. According to the traditional view of disability, the autism would create certain problems (in the social, communication and...
by Sushama Nagarkar | May 18, 2015 | Dabba Service
It was with a lot of passion and some nervousness that Simply Ghar Ka and Yash Charitable Trust launched a dabba service a month ago this week. We began with nine adults with developmental disabilities as a part of a 14-member team. That number went down to eight very...
by Sushama Nagarkar | May 15, 2015 | Long form
Many of us who ‘live’ in this world of developmental disabilities, whether as a parent or a professional long for the day when all our children, adults will be recognized for their strengths and their abilities; when they will be given opportunity and...
