Mother of autistic kid sets up Autreat Wellness Centre in Jharkhand
Desperate for treatment for her child suffering from Autism Spectrum Disorder, Devika Bhaduri set up her own centre where several get the best of therapy & aids, reports Mukesh Ranjan
Share Via Email
| A+A A-
The centre has more than 35 children and several others have graduated out for greater medication and care after delicate stages.
Express News Service
JHARKHAND: When Devika Bhaduri realised there was no medical facility to help her three-year-old daughter stricken with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), she thought of doing something which could help others as desperate as her. She set up her own ‘Autreat Wellness Centre,’ which has occupational and speech therapy aids for the children suffering from the disease.
Desperate for treatment for her child suffering from Autism Spectrum Disorder, Devika Bhaduri set up her own centre where several get the best of therapy & aids, reports Mukesh Ranjan
Home Ministry s criminal law reform seeks to stifle dissent, undermine gender violence
Counterview Desk
In a detailed note to mark the International Women’s Day and the Savitri Bai Phule’s Death Anniversary as part of the Feminist Week of Resistance and Reflections (March 7 to March 14), the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), commenting on the gendered access to justice and law, has said that recent Government of India changes in legal frameworks, whether intended or already brought into existence, have been “unmindful” of the lived realities of marginalised sections.
Over and above this, says India’s top civil rights network, the existing systems of access to justice and law for are not only is denies justice to Dalit, Bahujan, Vimukta (or Nomadic and De-notified Tribes - NT-DNT) communities, of Adivasi and indigenous peoples, the survivors and victims of various types of violence are themselves “criminalized” on grounds of gender and sexualit
February 4, 2021
During a pandemic year, mental health crises have received renewed focus across the world, including in India. And yet, the country has no data on the number of mental healthcare professionals.
“The data regarding the number of registered mental health professionals in the country including psychiatrists working in government and private sectors is not maintained centrally,” Ashwini Choubey, India’s junior minister for health and family welfare, said in the upper house of parliament on Feb. 2. “The data regarding the number of clinical psychologists in the country is not maintained centrally,” he added while responding to a question (pdf) about the availability of mental health practitioners in India.