A Place to Learn and Thrive in India, with Sangeeta Jain | TBT

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Sangeeta Jain is the mother of a 21-year-old young man with autism, Suvrat. Her older daughter Shreya was featured in episode 6 of this podcast, where she talked about growing up with a sibling on the spectrum. Sangeeta is also the principal at SOREM, a school for children with disabilities in Chandigarh, India. 

The Global Autism Project partnered with SOREM in 2010. We have since sent close to 30 SkillCorps volunteer teams to provide hands-on sustainable training to their teachers and staff. 

In this conversation, we discuss:

• The level of understanding of autism in India and the lack of standardization in the services available there
• What Sangeeta envisions for Suvrat's future
• The relationship between her two children
• How SOREM has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
• What Sangeeta has learned about leadership over the years
• A special anecdote from when a particular SkillCorps volunteer team visited India

For more information about SOREM, please visit their website http://soremspecialchildren.org and follow them on Instagram @soremcare36. 

This conversation with Sangeeta Jain was originally released on November 5, 2020.

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