SPASTICS - A SPECIAL PEOPLE
A spastic is a person
who is physically disabled because of cerebral palsy, a condition in which
there are faulty links between the brain and motor nerves causing jerky
or uncontrollable movements. A spastic child needs special education,
and appropriate therapy to help him overcome his physical disabilities
atleast to some extent.
In Chennai, the city
we live in, it is estimated that there are well over 10,000 spastic children,
some from comfortable homes, some in very poor homes. The Spastics
Society of India has a special school for the children, where Chitra goes
for voluntary work. There are more than 800 beneficiaries in this
school alone, and a long waitlist because the school is a charitable institution,
and maintains a very low student:teacher ratio.
To know more about this school
and what they do, 
write
to Chitra at chivas@md2.vsnl.net.in
To know more about cerebral
palsy and spastics, visit these websites:
CEREBRAL
PALSY
DoctorNet
Online Cerebral Palsy Links
Introduction
to Spastic Children's Association of Singapore
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