HE IS AS NORMAL AS YOU ALL ARE.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT HE CAN'T
COMMUNICATE OR INTERACT WITH PEOPLE.
WHY DON'T YOU ALL COME TO OUR PLACE?
HE WILL FEEL COMFORTABLE.
WE ALL WILL
HELP YOU, AUNTY.
YES, AUNTY, DON'T WORRY.
ABHI IS OUR FRIEND FROM TODAY.
YES, AUNTY, WHY
NOT? DOES HE GO
FOR THERAPIES?
I AM A LITTLE
SCARED.
YES, HE GOES FOR
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
AND SPEECH THERAPY DAILY.
MOMMY,
I AM PLAYING.
THERE IS NO NEED TO BE SCARED,
EVASHKA. ABHI IS VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU, ALL. I LIKE YOU ALL. BYE,
FRIENDS. WE WILL MEET AGAIN TOMORROW.
YES, ABHI, WE ARE
YOUR NEW FRIENDS.
WE WILL DO SOME RESEARCH
WORK ABOUT CHILDREN WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEN,
WILL PLAY ACCORDINGLY.
YES, PRISHA, THAT WILL
HELP HIM A LOT.
BYE, ABHI.
VERY GOOD, GIRLS.
I AM PROUD OF YOU.
Mother of a three-year-old, Dr Sonil Sumit Misra, is a physiotherapist
by profession and a writer by choice. She believes that the purpose
of her life is to be enlightened and enlighten others.
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