“I can run the store now!”

“I can run the store now!”

Manasi, nine years old, found reading what was written on the school blackboard difficult. Despite her progressively deteriorating vision, she continued to keep up with her daily activities. Helping with household chores, going out to play with her friends, and...
‘Talking Hands’: sign language and inclusion

‘Talking Hands’: sign language and inclusion

Sign language is a visual, gestural, and body language-based medium of communication that helps people with hearing impairments interact with both speaking and non-speaking people. CBM India Trust has extensively contributed to developing the Indian Sign Language...
Chirag gears up to fulfil his passion

Chirag gears up to fulfil his passion

Chirag’s spina bifida was detected during the pregnancy, and the doctors educated the expecting parents about his condition and the treatments that were to follow. The surgery took place as planned at four months. Chirag and his parents attended all the post-surgery...
Swara’s journey through the Clubfoot Rehabilitation Programme

Swara’s journey through the Clubfoot Rehabilitation Programme

Swara was born with a congenital anomaly called clubfoot, a condition in which one or both of a newborn’s feet are turned inward or upward. This condition occurs in one in every 1000 newborns. Clubfoot occurs because of a shortened Achilles tendon, which causes the...