In Conversation with Aahan about His Journey and Special Needs

In conversation with Aahan about his journey and special needs.

Tell us a little bit about yourself.

My name is Aahan Patel and I am 22 years old. I am studying B.A. in English.

What are your hobbies and interests?

I like listening to music, dancing, drumming, playing video games, playing cricket, watching movies and doing social work.

What are your future goals?

I want to be better in listening and understanding English and be a good listener. I want to be a calm person and not get anxious unnecessarily.

In Conversation with Samiksha about Her Journey and Special Needs

In conversation with Samiksha about her journey and special needs.

Tell us a little bit about yourself.

My name is Samiksha Nair. I am 18 years old. I am currently doing Grade 12th from NIOS Board.

What are your hobbies and interests?

My hobbies are listening to music and watching movies. My favourite actor is Leonardo Di Caprio. I have watched many of his movies. My favourite movies are Titanic and Inception.

What are your dreams and goals? 

I wish to become an actor and act in Hollywood movies. I plan to do acting courses after my Grade 12.

In Conversation with Anandita about Her Journey and Special Needs

In conversation with Anandita about her journey and special needs.

Tell us a little bit about yourself.

My name is Anandita Kumar. I am 20 years old. I am studying Bachelor of Arts in Pune University and training to became a music therapist.

What are your hobbies and interests? 

My hobbies are playing drums, dancing and cooking.

Tell us a little bit about your journey.

My journey has been wonderful because of my parents, my sister and my teachers. They helped me a lot in my journey.

In Conversation with Aditya about His Journey and Special Needs

In conversation with Aditya about his journey and special needs.

Tell us a little bit about yourself.

I am Aditya Shah. I am 25 years old. I am working in the hospital as data entry officer and also look after the patients. I am the Munnabhai of my hospital.

What are your hobbies and interests?

My hobbies are dance, sports like cricket, football, billiards, swimming, etc. I participated in annual day function of Infant Jesus School in Shanmukanand Hall. I also participated in intra-school football competition, but our team lost in final. I like to do social service for needy people. During my journey as president and member of Leo Club and Lions Club, we did various projects to help visually blind people and mentally challenged children at MDC Home. I also like to buy new gadgets like mobiles, laptops, etc. from Amazon, Flipkart.

In Conversation with Viraj about His Journey and Special Needs

In conversation with Viraj about his journey and special needs.

Tell us a little bit about yourself.

I'm Viraj Bhat. I’m 33 years old. I'm a software professional working in Bengaluru.

What are your hobbies and interests?

I love watching informative and entertaining videos on the internet. I also enjoy writing down my thoughts.

How has your journey been so far?

Not an easy one. I had to go to school, and attend certain extracurricular activities against my will, due to pressure from my parents. And that hampered my learning process and self-esteem to some extent. And the teachers and classmates/schoolmates weren't so well-behaved or civilized.

In Conversation with Navneet about His Journey and Special Needs

In conversation with Navneet about his journey and special needs.

Tell us a little bit about yourself.

My name is Navneet Kulkarni. I am 17 years old. I am a day dreamer, a poet and author. Whatever I write, it’s my insight knowledge of my own imagination.

What are your hobbies and interests?

My hobbies are listed with so many interests. Like jellyfish glance in ocean, my hobbies dance in mind. I like to sing with humming, I love music, nurturing life by describing about nature in my words. Right now, my interest is showing synthesis in understanding human evolution.

Fear-based Parenting Vs. Connection-based Parenting

I would like parents to reflect on what drives their parenting style. Is it fear or connection? The answer to this question is the key to successful parenting!

Most of us are driven by fear when we start our special needs journey for obvious reasons - we are not sure what the future holds for our children and are worried that they may not have a fulfilling life, or our definition of a fulfilling life. So, we set out to work on teaching our children the skills that they are “lacking” in order to have a full life without considering their current needs and fulfilling them. This is the equivalent of trying to build a tower without a foundation - “trying” being the keyword here, because you can try all you want but you won’t succeed in building the tower without a foundation.