Case Studies

"... [patient] histories are a form of natural history- but they tell us nothing about the individual and his history; they convey nothing of the person, and the experience of the person, as he faces, and struggles to survive, his disease...To restore the human subject at the centre- the suffering, afflicted, fighting, human subject- we must deepen a case history to a narrative or tale; only then do we have a 'who' as well as a 'what', a real person, a patient, in relation to disease- in relation to the physical."

- Oliver Sachs, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

For the following blog entries, I have decided to write case studies for individual students here at Asadeepam. I will describe their specific disability, their personality, the assets of the student, and the work that is being done to improve the student's academics, vocational skills and behaviour.