Happy Birth-day Rashmi

Rasmi with her best friend Shibani/Mama another Down's girl of her age who also works with the former in Home and Hope Production Centre and Chhotu, Rasmi's younger brother on the former's birth-day.

Rashmirekha Sahoo- A Down's girl is an accomplished Odishi Dancer celebrated her birthday on 30th April. Rasmi is seen here on her b'day in company with her proud parents Smt. Subhagini and Sri Gaurahari Sahoo. Both parents have taken keen interest in Rashmi right from early childhood days and fought valiantly with the intellectual disability of their daughter. Apart from being a an accomplished dancer Rashmi now does many a house-hold chore like washing clothes, dish-washing, preparing tea and chappaties and many more social chores. She was trained by the special educators at Home and Hope, Sector-17, Rourkela and the parents took keen interest and the results are seen to be believed.

Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga

The mother behind is woried as she wants marry off her daughter with seizure disoder and some intellectual disability. With treatment her seizures are controlled but the mother is worried as the later still remains dull- some degree of intellectual disability with persistent seizure for years probably need time and more training for the right rehabilitation.

Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga

The elderly mother with her Down's son at Kalunga. She has been sending her son to local school where these children with disabilities are now being accepted under Sarva Sikshya Abhiyan.

Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga

Chils with seizure disorder- now controlled with medication at Camp Kalunga. However, the child has intellectual disability and father was this time counselled to send him to school under Sarva Siskshya Abhiyan.

Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga

Camp Kalunga in full flow.

Community Based Rehabilitation, Kalunga

Camp Kalunga.

HRB Clinic, Ispat General Hospital, Rourkela

PK Das, the early interventionist in action in HRB Clinic when the father looks on.

HRB Clinic, Ispat General Hospital, Rourkela

Parents of the child with cerebral palsy in consultation with our speech therapist.
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HRB Clinic, Ispat General Hospital, Rourkela

Child with behaviour problem. Parental concern: Has she PDD?
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HRB Clinic, Ispat General Hospital, Rourkela

Intellectually disabled- in HRB Clinic.
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HRB Clinic, Ispat General Hospital, Rourkela

Pervasive developmental disorder.Tested positive with DSM-IV.
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HRB Clinic, Ispat General Hospital, Rourkela

Elder child with hyperactivity. Look at cool and cmposed behaviour of the younger one.
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HRB Clinic, Ispat General Hospital, Rourkela

Parents now accepted the fact that the baby has Down's sybdrome and she is likely to have intellectual disability, hypotonia and frquent cough and cold in future and with intervention, her disabilities and ailments may be minimised.
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HRB Clinic, Ispat General Hospital, Rourkela

Without the facility of genetic testing its difficult to say the child has Fragile-X syndrome but going by the developmental pattaern and physical appearance he could be one.
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HRB Clinic, Ispat General Hospital, Rourkela

The rush in High Risk Babay Clinic in IGH is sometimes unmanagable.
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Community Based Rehabilitation, Jalda

He now brushes his teeth regularly. His sibs who take care of him are happy that he is more managable at home after the village-level worker helped him with behaviour modification techniques.
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Community Based Rehabilitation, Jalda

This grand-mother attends the camp with a very small child(11 months) with overt features of developmental delay.
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Community Based Rehabilitation, Jalda

This small child has gone to sleep in her mather's lap. Sitting by her side is a child with Down's syndrome.
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Community Based Rehabilitation, Jalda

Another father with a male child with cerebral palsy in consulatation with the physiotherapist at Jalda Camp.
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Community Based Rehabilitation, Jalda

Father of a child with cerebral palsy in consultation with our physiotherapist when the concerned village-level CBR worker Smt. Gandheswari Mohanta also in intense consultation.
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