Inspiration India :: A Welfare Organization for Relief and Rehabilitation of the Mentally Challenged.

FORGING AHEAD
Cases of Autism have risen to a large extent. There are few institutes who cater to this category. These children/persons have very challenging behaviour, due to the lack of communication, and sensory issues. To make things more complicated, their diagnosis has been very difficult as it is a spectrum disorder, ranging from near normal to profound cases. So the early identification and intervention is a very important factor, which could bring a drastic change in the lives of these children.
Inspiration Centre in Delhi has a special wing which caters to this category, while they are integrated with the rest of the other children. This has helped in the positive role modelling, and a number of cases are now integrated in the main schools. This has been possible as we have a team of multi-disciplinary staff, who work in tandem, to develop the IEP (Individual Educational Plan) of all the children. The most important factor which has led to our success is “the involvement of families—parents/siblings.” Along with services for special children, Inspiration has also been working with children in regular schools with minor difficulties.

Our students participated in the State Level Special Olympics, hosted by Welham Girls’ School in Nov ‘05.Two of them won several awards & medals.
Awareness programmes have always been the special thrust area, and one such programme was held on the 17th of March’06 at Welham Boys’ School, Dalanwala.
Two of our students participated in the Drawing Competition held at The Governor’s Residence, where one of them won a prize.
A Summer Camp was organised for the training of parents in May-June’06. 16 families were able to get the benefit of these hands-on training, along with their wards. Parents came from Maharastra, Delhi & Lucknow., & Haridwar.
Another Awareness Programme was held in May’06 at Rotary Club, Dehra Dun. This was attended by several prominent persons in Dehra Dun. These have helped to increase the awareness about intellectual disabilities, especially autism, of which very little is known, at present.
A unique Autism / IT Workshop was held in the last week of May’06 .A detailed report follows
In August 06, the President was invited to address a PTM at a well-known Playschool in Dalanwala.
Students from Welham Girls’ School and Welham Boys’ School regularly comes to interact with the children. They spent Raksha Bandhan with our students.
In the last week of Sept’06, Inspiration was invited to put up a stall for Diwali, at the PTM of Hope Town School, Selaqui.
Students from our Centre have participated in the On –The –Spot Painting Competition organised by Ramakrishna Mission ,Dehra Dun, in Oct ‘06 , and were awarded special prizes.
From the 4th-17th Oct’06, Microsoft IT Academy helped in the training of Special Educators & resource teachers of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, of the Education Dept, Govt of Uttaranchal. This was initiated by Inspiration, & supported by the Social Welfare Dept.
On the 7th of Oct’06, there was the Premiere of the Film-“A for Autism…. M for Mouse”- a film made by The Anil Karanjai Trust. This is based on the Autism /IT workshop held in May. This was sponsored by the ITDA of the Uttaranchal Govt. The Premiere was jointly organised by The Anil Karanjai Trust & Inspiration.
On the 25th of Oct’06, a 1-day workshop was held at Hotel Ambassador, to train teachers & parents in the Waldorf School of Education, & Biomedical Interventions in the management of ADHD/ADD & Autism. This was conducted by Dr. Lakshmi Prasanna from Hyderabad, & Micheal Kokinos of Australia.
On the 7th of Nov’06, the president was invited to Uttarkashi, as a resource person, to address the Anganvadi workers, at a camp organised by the Social Welfare Dept. of the U.A Govt.
On the 11th of Nov’06, the film ‘A for Autism… M for Mouse” was shown to 500 odd students of Welham Girls’ School, as Awareness Drive. The President also conducted a Question & Answer session, following the screening. The program was highly appreciated by all present.
This film is also to be screened in different schools,
The Students of the Centre have gone on trips to Mussouri, Uttaranchal Mela, & other nearby places.
Inspiration regularly involves the participation of the Society in general. We have had officers of ICICI bank helping as volunteers.
The State Bank of India, Saharanpur Branch, has donated folding beds for the students of the Centre, in Dec’06
Along with services for special children, Inspiration has been working with children in regular schools with minor difficulties.
A 6-day Fun Winter was held in the Library Hall of the famous DAV Inter- College, Karanpur. 20 students from Dehra Dun & Delhi attended the camp. ( Detailed Report follows)
On 18-19th Feb’07, a two day hands –on training Work-shop was held to train the staff & parents in Cranio-Sacral Balancing , to improve the quality of life of the children. This was conducted by Cameron Walker from Sydney, Australia, a dynamic Therapist, who was here for the workshop.