Mysuru :

The specially-abled children displayed their cultural skills during the ‘Specially-abled Day’ celebrations at Panchavati campus of the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH).

Prior to the event, C.S. Savitha was awarded with the ‘AIISH Mother of the Year 2016’ award which has been instituted by Dr. Prathiba Karanth, to encourage mother looking after their special kids.

C.S. Savitha, who is trained in special skills, has been able to improve the communication skills in her kid. Considering this, the AIISH conferred the award upon her.

The Institute also felicitated two specially-abled persons, Aakash Raghav, an engineer working with a private company and Srivats, who also works for a private company, for their achievements.

Speaking on the occasion, AIISH Director Dr. S.R. Savithri, said that the specially-abled children are trained before they are allowed to join the normal school.

She also expressed her concerns over some institutions not providing admissions to special children despite government orders and also mentioned that there were examples of educational institutions not providing the necessary facilities even though the special children are admitted to the schools.

Department of Women and Child Welfare Deputy Director K. Radha, Dr. N. Sridevi of AIISH and others were present.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / December 10th, 2016