Occupation: House Wife
Siblings: None
Residence Address: Jambukulan Village. Vellore Dist.
Nature of Disability:
Mentally retarded. She is not able to communicate orally. She is unable to pass urine and stool without any help.
Medical History:
She was born in a normal delivery, but she didn’t cry. Baby’s periodic activities were very much delayed. She was given medicines up to the age of 7 years. Now, she is not administered any drugs.
The training methods adopted ant Nesam’s School
1. Muscular exercises: Routine Physio-therapy exercises and yoga ptactice are given daily to relax her thigh muscles and spinal cord.
2. Educational activities: She is asked to identify her name out of 5 names. She is asked to keep 5 things in 5 boxes and then assemble in groups of five things. She is shown household, fruits, and vegetables and their names are taught. Coins of different denominations are shown.
3. Speech therapy: this is given to communicate the urge to use the toilet and also for other needs.
4. Vocational training: to keep the envelopes one upon the other properly – this develops discipline and neat execution of work. Painting the given drawings helps her to concentrate in one work at a time and also gives her hand practice. Separating the strings of wool is being taught to develop her hand-to-eye co-ordination.
Since she is a girl, self protection and awareness are being taught. She also is learning how to put on her clothes.
Other Characteristics
• With yoga and physical training, her thigh muscles are re1axed and she is able to sit and walk better.
• She is able to pick out her name from a group of other names but she does not match or write her name.
• There is not much improvement in her speech but she is able to make her wants known with gestures.
• She is independent in eating hut eats very slowly. She needs help in dressing and toileting.
• There is not much improvement in her academic activities.
• She participates in all the vocational activities with help.