Jones Vasanth
Condition: Spastic Quadriplegic with Mental Retardation
Date of birth: 26- 03- 2000
Type of Rehab: Special Education at Nesam, Arcot, India
Education: Special Education
Sponsors - Handicare International, Ontario, Canada
Year of sponsorship: 2003
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Jones Vasanth
Name of the Student: Jones Vasanth
Date of Birth: 26.03 .2000
Date of Admission: 03.06.2003
Father’s Name: James Pal
Occupation: Security in a private firm
Mother’s Name: Suseela, House Wife
Siblings: Only child.
Residence Address: T.V.K.Nagar, Sipcot, Ranipet.
Marriage between Parents: No Consanguinity
Nature of disability
Spastic quadriplegic with mental retardation. All the four limbs are affected severely. No neck control. He is in lying position. Scissoring of the legs his present. Does not turn or sit on his own. No expressive language. Does not respond to any communications.
Medical History
The child was horn in a Municipal Hospital. Delivery was normal. There was no birth cry. The child did not open his eyes or suck fluids. The child was admitted in children Hospital, Chennai and was put in incubator for 15 days.
Training methods adopted at Nesam.
He is put in ‘Early Intervention’ programme. Physical exercises are given to improve his neck control, to come to sitting position, to reduce his scissoring and improve the strength of the muscles. Group singing and group play sessions are given to improve his receptive and expressive language. The mother is being taught the correct feeding position and feeding methods to facilitate his swallowing the liquids, semi solids and solids. A toilet chart is maintained and mother is asked to take the child at regular intervals to create awareness in the child, that toileting habits. Various stimuli are presented to the child to improve his visual, auditory and tactile senses.