BOOPALAN JEYAVEL

Condition: Spastic Quadruplegic with mild Mental Retardation

Date of birth: 29-07-1996

Type of Rehab:  Special Education at Nesam, Arcot, India

Education: Special Education

Sponsors - Handicare International, Ontario, Canada

Year of sponsorship: 2003

Boopalan

Name of the Student:                    Boopalan

Date of Birth:                               29.07.1996

Date of Admission:                       22.06.2003

Father’s Name:                            Jayavel

Occupation:                                 Runs a shop in the house itself

Mother’s Name:                            Saraswathy

Occupation:                                  House wife, Assisting her husband

                                                  in running the shop.

Siblings:                                      1 sister and 1 brother, both younger to him

Residence Address:                       Balasundra Naicker Street. Arcot

Marriage between Parents:             Consanguineous

Boopalan Jeyavel was born on the 29^th of July, 1996, in Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, India.  He was born a premature child, delivered by caesarean section.  Boopalan’s parents took him to Anbu Illam in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India when he was three years old, because he had not yet started walking.  It was there that his needs were discovered.  Boopalan received six months of training at Anbu Illam.  (Click for: Personal Information)

                Boopalan was diagnosed to be a spastic quadriplegic with a mild mental retardation.  Even today, Boopalan does not walk, he can only crawl.  He can speak, but only in a low tone. He can indicate his own toileting needs, but he depends on others for washing. He also can’t eat by himself, and drools incessantly.

Boopalan is now at Nesam, where he receives special education in many different aspects. 

Physical exercises to improve his back and leg muscles to facility reciprocal crawling

-      With gaiters, assisted walking

-      squatting with support

-      standing with support

2. Activities of daily living:­Exercises are given to lip closing to control the drooling. Practice is given daily to eat on his own with his fingers. lie in being trained to indicate to go to the toilet . Training is given to be more independent in his toileting habit

3. Educational activities

He is being taught to identify his name (written) among a group of names of his classmates and read, spelling each letter. To train him to tell his residence and school address orally, scribbling is given to improve his finger coordination there by attempt to write his name. He is being taught to identify numbers from 1 to 5 with concept.

He is being taught to identify basic colours and shapes. Training is given to read 25 words spelling each letter. He is being taught to arrange the pictures in sequence after listening to a story.

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