C. Monish
Condition: Spastic Quadriplegic
Date of birth: 04- 01- 2002
Type of Rehab: Special Education at Nesam, Arcot, India
Education: Special Education
Sponsors - Handicare International, Ontario, Canada
Year of sponsorship: 2003
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C. Monish
Name of the Student: C.Monish
Date of Birth: 04.01.2002
Date of Admission: 07.07.2003
Father’s Name: B.Chandramohan., M.A.MEd.
Occupation: Teacher
Mother ‘s Name: Kalavathy, B.E., worked in a college.
Now resigned her job to take care of the
child.
Siblings: one elder sister five years old.
Residence Address: 13, Labour Street. Arcot
Marriage between Parents: No Consanguinity
Nature of disability
Spastic quadriplegic (severe) but mentally very alert. The child has no neck control. Does not turn or roll or sit but responds and communicates with his eyes and expression.
Medical History
Full term baby. Prolonged labour and child was delivered by caesarean section, in a small hospital in Arcot. No birth cry. The child was kept in an incubator in C.M.C. Vellore
Training methods adopted at Nesam.
The child is included in the ‘Early intervention’ programme. Physical exercises are given to all the four limbs to reduce tightness.
Since the child has good receptive language, he is included in group play and singing sessions to encourage his expressive language.
The mother is taught the correct position to feed the child, to facilitate his swallowing reflex. She is also trained to carry the child with the correct posture so that the adduction in the legs is reduced.
A lot of visual, auditory and tactile stimuli are given to the child to enhance his senses.