Condition: Cerebral Palsy with Mental Retardation
Date of birth: 11-26-97
Type of Rehab:  Day care at Amar Seva Sangam
Education: Special Education
Sponsors: Meena Suppiah, Canada
Year of sponsorship: 2003

HCI, Amar Seva Sangam and the parents offer their heartfelt gratitude to Meena Suppiah for her generosity and kind heartedness.

Karthika is currently able to eat and drink independently.  She is responsive to simple two-word instructions, and is conversely expressive in simple terms.  She is very attentive and can identify simple objects, animals, etc.  Furthermore, she has a conceptual understanding of size.  She can also recite numbers up to 10, but lacks a conceptual understanding of them.  She is able to play and interact well with a large group of peers in her age group.