by Sushama Nagarkar | Jul 11, 2015 | Dabba Service
So what does an enhanced quality of life look like for those of us who do not have disabilities ? Is it one where we are in optimum health in all three spheres of the psychological, physical and spiritual? Where we develop close relationships, have family close by and...
by Sushama Nagarkar | Jun 20, 2015 | Dabba Service
June 21 has been declared as the International Yoga Day. Sri Swami Sivananda writes that Yoga is a way of life, not divorced from it; Yoga is not forsaking of action, but is efficient performance in the right spirit. Amongst other things, Yoga is about cultivating...
by Sushama Nagarkar | Jun 18, 2015 | Dabba Service
The focus of this blog changed overnight from a discussion on quality of life to a lesson delivered by a fallen tree. So at our center in Juhu, which is all of 200 sq. ft., we have put up a temporary awning for the monsoons. It is a makeshift structure comprising of...
by Sushama Nagarkar | Jun 7, 2015 | Dabba Service
In his article, “50,000 People With Autism Need Jobs This Year: Here’s Why You Should Hire Them” (http://www.inc.com/magazine/201506/jeff-chu/making-it-work-the-spectrum-of-debate.html), Jeff Chu makes a compelling case for small businesses to see opportunity in...
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...
