New Delhi: We all strive to get ahead, one way or the other but sometimes all it takes is a change in perspective, to re-visit the goals. And one such time comes when a loved one is hit with a disorder, we start watching life closely.
Cerebral palsy is a blanket term that denotes damage to the maturing brain, in the first few years of life.
"Motor area seems to get damaged first/learning area may or may not be damaged. So you can have cerebral palsy with a very bright child, with the classic bright mind stuck in a disobedient body, or cerebral palsy with retardation, so it results in multiple needs," says Poonam.
Poonam's son had cerebral palsy, which inspired her to set up Vidya Sagar, formerly the Spastics Society of India in Chennai and one of the students she's proudest of is Siddharth.
"You know I go to a job for an interview they're just very impressed with my CV but the minute they see me, they think that I can't do anything," says Siddharth.
Siddharth now earns his living, working at a bank and just like him, other kids are not about to let their condition define them.
"I like the Taj Mahal but it was very non-accessible I would like it to be accessible the next time I come to Delhi," says Pavithra, who’s living with cerebral palsy and is on a visit to the capital.
The challenge for families of children suffering form cerebral palsy is to try and adapt and learn alternate methods of communication.
What we all must learn from the kids with conditions like cerebral palsy is that it takes that much more initiative and drive to get by life, with a smile.
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