Hello!

I’m Johnton

And I’m four years old !

I’m a Down’s Syndrome boy and so I can’t go to a normal school

But that doesn’t matter …

… because I go to …

I have a whole lot of friends here !

There so many special children like myself!

This is Naufal and he’s 7 years old

He has cerebral palsy and couldn’t walk at

all

That was before he came here

The therapist helps him to walk …

… pushing him when needed

And now he can walk, and even play with us

!

This is Tony, another friend of mine

He studies at school with me too

He cannot attend a normal school because he is

intellectually impaired

But that doesn’t stop him from having fun !

These are Tony’s friends

Like him, they are different

They learn to make lots They learn to make lots of things hereof things here

Paper bags, pickles and Paper bags, pickles and candlescandles

They are now useful members of society

They all even have post office accounts!

Oh ! I almost forgot, these are the people who make things work here!

Our Teachers !

Dr Premila, the guiding Dr Premila, the guiding force behind the force behind the

academyacademy

The School was set up in the memory of her daughter, Shilpa, who

was also one of us

Dr. Premila is also in charge of our early intervention unit.

It’s proven that if detected and treated early, children with mental disability can be

helped much better

And so, at the early intervention center, they try to help children like us

To help them become normal members of society

We believe that it is only by training our We believe that it is only by training our parents that children like me can be parents that children like me can be

helpedhelped

Although we love Although we love the school as it is the school as it is now, it is getting now, it is getting a little crowdeda little crowded

And there are a lot And there are a lot more kids like me more kids like me

who need help who need help

This piece of land is the This piece of land is the future of the academyfuture of the academy

This is where we This is where we propose to start a propose to start a bigger and better bigger and better

vocational unit so that vocational unit so that more children like us more children like us

can be helpedcan be helped

We also want to set up We also want to set up a parent training a parent training

program. program.

This will be the first of This will be the first of its kind in the state, its kind in the state, teaching parents of teaching parents of

special children what special children what our special needs areour special needs are

The school doesn’t charge us anything at all for the services that it renders

In fact its funds come from well wishers …

… People like yourself

You have been assisting the academy in helping us for 6 years

Now, more than ever, Shilpa needs help …

… Your help