Love, Pleasure and Friendship: A Panel with Young People Topic: Panel discussion on what does love, pleasure and friendship mean for young people with disabilities? Language: Hindi Panelists: – Darshana Ramgiri – Economics student, fashion blogger and content creator– Kavya – Cat mom, loves movies and draws sometimes– Sanket Gala – Student of TYBA Psychology,…
Love, Pleasure and Friendship: For Children and Young People with Disabilities
Back in September, 2020, we did a week-long conversation, events, workshop with caregivers on ‘love, pleasure and friendship’ for children and young people with disabilities. In this video, professionals working with children and young people with disabilities, their families and communities around them discuss why is it important to talk about love, pleasure and friendship…
Wisdom from the Young and the Disabled: In Conversation with Kavya
“Hope” is the thing with feathers –That perches in the soul –And sings the tune without the words –And never stops – at all – And sweetest – in the Gale – is heard –And sore must be the storm –That could abash the little BirdThat kept so many warm – I’ve heard it in…
What does Mental Health look like for Caregivers of Children with Disabilities?
What does Mental Health look like for Caregivers of Children with Disabilities?Language: HindiPanelists:– Nirmala Gupta– Sakshi Gurav– Manisha Kamble– Shital Gala Facilitators:– Aditi Jha, Social Worker, Ummeed Child Development Center– Jill Sanghvi, Counselor and Trainer, Ummeed Child Development Center This panel is part of an initiative supported by HT Parekh Foundation. देखभालकर्ताओं के लिए मानसिक…
Importance of Mental Health in Caregivers of Children with Disabilities: Know from Professionals
Know why is Mental Health important in Caregivers of Children with Disabilities A panel with professionals on importance of mental health in caregivers of children with disabilitiesLanguage: Hindi Panelists:– Dr. Nandita de Souza, Pediatrician and Director, Sethu Centre for Child Development and Family Guidance, Goa – Vahishtai J Daboo, Mental Health Practitioner, Co-founder and Managing…
Disrupting Dominant Discourses with Wonderfulness
Wonderfulness practices are an approach to conversations which can be used by therapists when working with people coming from diverse social locations. This article explores how therapists can use these practices with young people and their families and what these kinds of conversations make possible for them. What exactly are Wonderfulness Practices? Narrative practices disrupt…
Friendship, Love and Pleasure for Children and Young People with Disabilities
The lives of disabled children and young adults in the Indian context, much like in many other contexts are guided by ideas, decisions, structures, understandings and narratives constructed by able-bodied systems, which exclude and/or erase the participation and unique experiences of disabled people. The experience of love, friendship and pleasure for the disabled children, teens…
Wisdom from the Young and the Disabled: In Conversation with Priyank Sangoi
(यह इंटरव्यू हिंदी भाषा में भी उपलब्ध है. हिंदी में पढ़ने के लिए नीचे की ओर स्क्रॉल करें) In their article, ‘Listening Together’ Shamin Mehrotra and Rucha Neglikar write that inclusive education is not about charity or sympathy but them their presence can lead to positive experiences for all students and fellow young people. In…
Wisdom from the Young and the Disabled: Conversation about Being in Love
“Of course, we know to love! We are probably better lovers than you are but then, you’ll never know.” – have been perennial words from Alizeh* and so many other autistic young people in their experiences of love. A disability and deaf aware account on Instagram disabilityaware_ features words by Jim Sinclair that reads, “Push…
A Narrative Conference: Where Sparkling Hopes Dance in Every Corner
It was 4th February, 2016. I came to be emotionally involved with a beautiful concept. But I had skepticism about its existence as in my experiential world I have witnessed mostly the opposite. It was the concept of rizomatic community. I was introduced to it in a class of ‘Feminism & related issues’. What is…
Narrative Therapy India 