Hyderabad: The Covid pandemic has impacted children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), said medical professionals at a workshop titled ‘Lets Talk’, organised by city-based Hear ‘N’ Say Clinic’, a specialised centre for people with hearing, speech and language disorders, on Friday. The workshop featured parents of children with ASD, children with ASD and medical professionals […]
By Dr GVS Murthy Though all children were impacted severely due to Covid-19, children with disabilities having special needs were impacted more adversely. There are 375 million children aged less than 15 years in India, of whom nearly 35 million have neuro-developmental disorders. Most of them reside in rural areas where access to health and […]
