S. Subha
Condition: Mental Retardation
Date of birth: 11/ 09/ 1979
Type of Rehab: Special Education at
Nesam, Arcot, India
Education: Special Education
Sponsors - Handicare International,
Ontario, Canada
Year of sponsorship: 2003
Profile: S. subha
Name of the student : S.
Subha
Date of Birth
: 11/ 09/ 1979
Father’s Name/Occupation
: S.K. Srinivasan / B.E. graduate
Mother’s Name/Occupation
: S. Chitra / M.A. graduate
Siblings : One
married elder sister
Nature of Disability
: Mentally retarded. She has very poor memory and intelligence.
Current Status :
She is able to do her daily activities herself except bathing.
Training Given at Nesam
School:
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She is able to tell and write
numerals from 1 to 30. However, she finds it difficult to count things in
5’s.
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She is trained to add and subtract
small numbers.
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She writes the names of herself and
her parents. She is trained to write her address.
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She is given training in domestic
work like making juices and to knead flour for making rotis.
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She is given vocational training in
the following works: envelope making, painting, making candles and designing
gift wrappers.
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She is expected to do all of her
personal activities herself, as well as helping her mother in doing
house-work.
OTHER CHARACTERISTICS
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She does one digit additions, since
she does not understand the concept of numbers, beyond 3. She is given a
calculator and is being taught to do addition sums on it. She is able to
now do single digit sums, with the aid of a calculator, and she is very
happy about it. |
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She recites and writes numbers up
to 40, by rote, but she does not understand the concept. |
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She can write her address in Tamil
with a few mistakes. She writes up to 50 words on dictation. |
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She can make instant coffee and
juice. She is able to switch on the gas stove and switch it off on
instruction. She is able to operate and electric rice-cooker. She can fold
simple clothes, and also sweep the floor. |
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At school she participates in
several activities. |