Pathways (Padhaigal) is a non-governmental, secular, not-for-profit service committed to promoting emotional health and well being in children, youth and families. It has been established to improve the quality of life for all children and youth, especially those with, or at risk of special needs and their families. We endeavor to do this by empowering existing community resources to provide appropriate physical, psychological and social therapies. Pathways’ main focus is to improve emotional well being and development in children and youth.
‘Welcome to Holland’ : Accepting children with disabilities
“Once you accept that your child will be different, not better or worse-just different-that’s the first step.” “Welcome to Holland” is an essay, written in 1987 by Emily Perl Kingsley about having a child with a disability. When her son Jason was born with Down’s...
Accepting our children for what they are.
Every child is a different kind of flower, and all together make this world A Beautiful Garden Anonymous This is my first blog post and I decided to write about one of the fundamental principles of parenting and child rearing “acceptance”. The word acceptance...
