siliconindia | | October 20194Connecting the DotsWhether dyslexia (learning disorder) or autism (developmental disability), a child needs more support beyond the doctors. It's constantly observed that such kids are more bullied at home by siblings and friends. While parents do give the much needed care, with time, they drain-out and neglect the kid's growth, thus adding more to their pain. While working on our current edition of `10 Most Promising Speech Therapy Clinics ­ 2019', several therapists unfolded many such stories that resulted in stalling the kids' growth. But they also brought to light the fact that with proper speech and language therapies, kids with dyslexia can be treated and brought into the mainstream, and kids suffering from autism could also lead a normal life. Unlike the olden days that I would not call the golden days considering the speech and language disorders, today's therapists are more than willing to go those extra miles along with parents and the kids/adults suffering from the ailment to treat them. Our issue features some such worthy names from the industry who even train parents and family members on how to treat and deal with such kids/adults. These therapists also align with the kids' schools and work along with them to ensure the kids' absolute development is met with complete dedication. However, the onus still lies on us to create awareness among parents to accept the fact that their kids also may be struggling from speech and language disorder, which needs immediate attention so that the treatment is not prolonged. This will also ensure their early social and professional growth compared to those who are left untreated. But it is also time the therapists leverage technology more than ever to early diagnose speech and language issues like speech language delay, voice disorders, stuttering, unclear speech and more, and even treat patients with autism and cerebral palsy. We hope that our current edition will play a small but vital role in creating this awareness from bottom-up and connect the dots. Do let us know what you think! Anamika SahuManaging Editoreditor@siliconindia.comEditorial siliconindia Vol 08 · Issue 3 - 1 · October - 2019 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Anamika Sahu Associate Editor Susila Govindaraj Editorial Team Ananth.V Avinash Roy Imelda Tarzarina Srrayvinya OLM Sujith Vasudevan Trisha Pragya VP - Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit https://www.siliconindia.com/subscribe/ or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.150 per issue. Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2019 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.comVisualisers Vimalraj Siva SankarGroup Art DirectorAshok Kumar NoidaGarima Anand Ashu SethiCirculation Manager Magendran Perumal Ashwini Naik Felisha Rita Rohit Kumar Shivanshu Shekhar Patel
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