U. Nandakumar

Condition: Severely Mentally Retarded with Epilepsy

Date of birth: 26- 04- 1991

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

Education: Special Education

Sponsors - Sarla Bhuta, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Year of sponsorship: 2002 (Sponsored by HCI general funds from 2000 to 2002)

 

 

 
At time of sponsorship 2000

 

 

U. NANDAKUMAR

 

Name of the Child           -         U. NANDAKUMAR

Date of Birth & Age         -        26.04.1991

Date of Admission            -        11.12.2000

Father Name                     -        UDYARAJ

Mother Name                   -         VIJAYALAKSHMI

                                                 Passed 8th Std. - House Wife.

Address                           -        17/1.6 Thavadai Street.

                                                 Arcot 632 503.

Siblings                            -        First child, Another girl-10 yr old. Going to a

                                            normal school.

Nature of disability           -        Mentally Challenged

                                           (Severe)

Birth History                    -        Delivered by caesarean section in a hospital

                                            (Hamsa) in Ranipet. The child did not cry

                                            immediately.

 

Condition of the child on Admission:

All the milestones were very much delayed. The child walks. No speech. Totally dependant for all his daily routine activities. The child is epileptic and is on combination of drugs.

 

Assessment - Jan. 2009:

He is one of the senior student, hailing from very poor family; His father is no more.  His mother is working here as helper.
He is attending the school regularly.  He fully depends on others for his daily living.  Recently, he met with an accident while coming to school, he was fallen down on the road, due to epilepsy.

 

Training given at Nesam:

The child is very severely affected. A Toilet chart was prepared and followed But till now he is not able to indicate his toileting need. Till date, he is not able to take his food to the mouth and the mother is only feeding him.

There is no marked improvement in the boy as the boy is severely epileptic and is on combination of drugs.

The mother is taken as a trainee and she is helping in a class.     

 

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