hello! i’m johnton and i’m four years old ! i’m a down’s syndrome boy and so i can’t go to...
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Hello!
I’m Johnton
And I’m four years old !
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I’m a Down’s Syndrome boy and so I can’t go to a normal school
But that doesn’t matter …
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… because I go to …
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I have a whole lot of friends here !
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There so many special children like myself!
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This is Naufal and he’s 7 years old
He has cerebral palsy and couldn’t walk at
all
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That was before he came here
The therapist helps him to walk …
… pushing him when needed
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And now he can walk, and even play with us
!
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This is Tony, another friend of mine
He studies at school with me too
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He cannot attend a normal school because he is
intellectually impaired
But that doesn’t stop him from having fun !
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These are Tony’s friends
Like him, they are different
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They learn to make lots They learn to make lots of things hereof things here
Paper bags, pickles and Paper bags, pickles and candlescandles
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They are now useful members of society
They all even have post office accounts!
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Oh ! I almost forgot, these are the people who make things work here!
Our Teachers !
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Dr Premila, the guiding Dr Premila, the guiding force behind the force behind the
academyacademy
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The School was set up in the memory of her daughter, Shilpa, who
was also one of us
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Dr. Premila is also in charge of our early intervention unit.
It’s proven that if detected and treated early, children with mental disability can be
helped much better
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And so, at the early intervention center, they try to help children like us
To help them become normal members of society
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We believe that it is only by training our We believe that it is only by training our parents that children like me can be parents that children like me can be
helpedhelped
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Although we love Although we love the school as it is the school as it is now, it is getting now, it is getting a little crowdeda little crowded
And there are a lot And there are a lot more kids like me more kids like me
who need help who need help
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This piece of land is the This piece of land is the future of the academyfuture of the academy
This is where we This is where we propose to start a propose to start a bigger and better bigger and better
vocational unit so that vocational unit so that more children like us more children like us
can be helpedcan be helped
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We also want to set up We also want to set up a parent training a parent training
program. program.
This will be the first of This will be the first of its kind in the state, its kind in the state, teaching parents of teaching parents of
special children what special children what our special needs areour special needs are
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The school doesn’t charge us anything at all for the services that it renders
In fact its funds come from well wishers …
… People like yourself
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You have been assisting the academy in helping us for 6 years
Now, more than ever, Shilpa needs help …
… Your help