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Committed to making a change - a short story:

An old man was walking along the shore when he saw a young man throwing something in to the water. He asked him "Hey, what do you think you are doing?"

The young man replied "I am throwing starfish stranded on the beach back in to the ocean. Otherwise they will die".

The old mean sneered "Do you know how many thousands of starfish are ‘stranded' along the coast? What difference are you going to make?"

The young man didn't stop what he was doing. He said "I don't know how many thousands or millions are out there." Then picking up a starfish he flung it into the waves, and grinning back at the old man he said "but I made a difference to that one!"

• Freedom trust is committed to making a change to as many handicapped children it can reach out to.

To set an entrapped mind free…

Disability takes many forms. Physical disability is the commonest, and also sometimes the most frustrating. For, entrapped within a body that does not respond to it, is a mind that is pulsating with emotions, thirsting for knowledge and yearning for recognition.

For some, disability strikes midway, and for children, affected at birth, the coping with disability starts early in their lives; some may never achieve normalcy, for no fault of theirs.

Kavya [name withheld], a bright three year old, is afflicted with cerebral palsy, a condition that damages the brain irreversibly. She cannot walk, let alone play with her friends, something she longs to do.

Kartik [name withheld] ten years old, has been stricken with Poliomyelitis at a tender age and has spent his formative years at home just because he cannot walk to school.

Both these children need Rehabilitation – a holistic approach to improving their quality of life delivered by a team of professionals under the guidance of a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist, often referred to as physiatrist.

Medical Rehabilitation involves assessment, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and prescription of locomotor aids like crutches, or calipers, and the Socio-vocational team comprising of the social worker, vocational counselor, special educator and philanthropists, to name a few, takes care of the individuals job and family related issues.