Hi I am a mother of 10 year boy who goes in a regular school and he is doing great .
I totally agree Aman's point of view and shall request every parent to believe on the potential of child . Every child is different and every child is unique . we should learn from nature .Our children are like small plants. We have different plants and all grow in there unique way . Nature never provide them different sunlight or different soil . They grow and blossom togetherly . All children are unique and we shall give them common platform to learn . They will learn with each others weaknesses and strengths . I wish there should be no special schools inspite all schools regular with special team of teachers and councillars . Rgds Anjina On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Amar Jain <[email protected]> wrote: > While I am not against special schools, but giving complete education > in special schools is something which I don't appreciate (of course > subject to your family background and resources). And when I say so, I > am excluding metros. > > Having studied in a special school myself, I do realize that there are > many things where we miss. Be it normal outings, or recreational > activities, and even in general if you have been in a mixed crowd, you > learn lot of things from a sighted person's prospective (such as L > shape etc). I mean its just one such example. To take another example, > I myself didn't know that what is rafting as an activity when you go > to beaches. Because we had never heard of such things in our > childhood. How to accomplish such things is all together is a > different issue here. But its just the knowledge of so many things > which I am concerned about. > > I have personally felt that in special schools we are limited within > our own communities, unless of course your family gives you the > exposure to outside world. Having said this, one of the greatest > advantage of special school especially in early childhood which I have > seen and witnessed by teaching to some children is that some things a > blind can make other blind understand in a better way than a sighted > person. > > Quality education and a lot of other things which form an important > part of your personality are required to be improved in special > schools in India. On the other hand, I have seen parents preferring > inclusive schools over special schools. But the only concern which > needs to be addressed at an early age of the child if he is a part of > an inclusive school, is that he is able to mingle with the school > crowd, and it should not so happen that the kids there are not able to > appreciate his disability thus giving him the feeling of being > leftout. If that happens, then it can be harmful for the whole life. > For that to happen, there has to be consistent efforts from the > parents, teachers and a some kind of understanding within friends > (though at an early age this is little difficult). > > In the cases where the child with disability has not been able to mix > up with normal children, I have seen that the child has become dull > and shy. Which of course has its own consequences for the later part > of your life. Most importantly this state of mind decreases your > confidence. Although these things can be changed later, but this does > not happen in all cases. > > So, I agree with the idea of mixed education. But again to emphasise, > all this is subject to the fact that the parents have got the right > resources, time, dedication, and the school authorities are > supportive. And where it is not possible, then special schools are > surely a better option so that the child has something than having > nothing. > > I would really urge all parents who have a child with disability to > participate so that there is a good outcome of this discussion. > > Regards, > -- > Amar Jain. > Website: www.amarjain.com > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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