My Special Journey with Advaith

  Our bad experience with SriLankan Airline staff Details explained in the following link Smrithy Rajesh - YOUR PREJUDICES DON'T DEFINE US I am sharing a... | Facebook The post was shared my may people and media took over the incident. Autistic boy denied boarding over 'threat' at Bengaluru airport | Bengaluru News - Times of India (indiatimes.com) SriLankan Airlines denies boarding to autistic boy. Family recounts harrowing ordeal - India Today Fellow parents, here is good news for all of us. I hope you remember our bad experience with SriLankan airlines while travelling to the Maldives. Children or adults with special needs should get the dignity that they deserve. And finally we are getting justice.. My sincere thanks to Chief Commisioner for Person's with Disability Mr.Rajesh Agarwal sir for his great support for us. He stood with us in all the hearings throughout the court proceedings. I am very happy and proud today because I was able to make this change for our c...

Today, I was driving back home after dropping Addu to Pragati. Due to heavy traffic, vehicles were moving very slowly and I was driving peacefully, listening to music. Addu went happily to Pragati giving a sweet flying kiss to me, and I was driving back with that happiness. Then suddenly, memories started flashing in my mind.  I remembered the time when  I would struggle in this kind of traffic with Addu. There are so many unpleasant memories, and now we have come a long long way. I learned to drive 12 years ago to take Addu to therapies. It was a very difficult time in my life. Everyone was blaming me saying that bad parenting had led to Addu's autism. Not only that, everyone was concerned about my husband's job and how he should be able to focus on his job. So they wanted me to stay elsewhere with the kids so that he could concentrate better. But I wanted to continue in Bangalore to keep myself away from all the negative people. I realized that I was experiencing depression ...

 

  Gold medal in Roller Skating 2016 conducted by Karnataka disability department. Gold medal in Roller Skating 2017 conducted by Karnataka disability department. Silver medal in Roller Skating 2018 conducted by Karnataka disability department. Gold Medal in 4th National Beach Tennis Championship 2022-2023 conducted by Indian Beach Tennis Federation Silver Medal in Karnataka Roller Skating 2022 conducted by KRSA Previous achievements are in the following page https://smrithyrajesh.blogspot.com/2021/11/achievements.html

 Received Best Poster award for my Poster in the International Conference of Comprehensive Education 2023

 

  Receiving Best poster Award My Poster  Explaining to Judges.... Explaining to Judges.... With Dr. Agnes Piquard- Kipffer, senior associative Professor INSHEA, France. She took pictures of me and my poster to share it with her students in France .. She was very impressed!! With Dr. Ionas Sapountzis, Associate Professor, Adelphi university, New York, USA. He also took pictures to share our story with his students in the USA. It was a great honour!!

 

  2021 Student Award  SENIA Student Award - SENIA (seniainternational.org) SENIA Student Award - SENIA (seniainternational.org)

I am different, not less!! I can't speak,however I can communicate using an app, avaz. I can't write, however I can type. I can't follow multiple instructions, however I can follow it with visual cues. I can't do calculations in my head, but I can do calculations using calculator. I am not following any syllabus, however I am learning functional academics for understanding various concepts related to independent living. I don't like to draw and colour pictures, I like to make jewellery. I don't like to make puzzles, I like to do embroidery in clothes. Now let me talk about my hobbies: My favourite hobby is horse riding. Also I like to play badminton. I enjoy beading while making jewellery, I enjoy stimming while doing embroidery, I like swimming, basketball and cycling. I am a foodie and like to eat crispy food. Now I will discuss my achievements. I won my first gold medal for roller skating in 2016 and that was a turning point in my life. After that people star...

  Expressing feelings is very difficult for most of our ASD children. We have to introduce different feelings according to our child's level of understanding. They may take a longer time to learn to handle their emotions in appropriate ways. But it is very important to introduce this topic step by step. Here, I am sharing different steps and videos of that I tried with Addu.. Step 1 You can introduce basic emoji(feelings) pictures to discriminate between various emotions. Step 2 Introducing words associated with each emoji (feelings) in worksheets and in real-time situations. Step 3 Using AAC to express feelings. For this, we have to make sure that the child can identify each picture. Step 4 Identifying other people's feelings using pictures and AAC(Avaz) Doing the same by typing and expressing using Avaz. Step 5 For generalisation we have to practice more.  Expressing a child's feelings in different situations (with the help of computer worksheets) is an important concept ...