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Dance with a difference

I am proud to be part of my school’s dance troupe which is invited to perform at various venues and for a variety of special occasions.  All my friends are a part of this team and our mothers are also asked to accompany us wherever we go. All of us have become good friends too!

I am special because I dance only with my feet. Everyone dances with their feet, you will say!  But I’m different.  All the movements that others do with their hands – I make them with my feet while I sit smiling happily in my wheelchair!  I even do ‘Namaste’ (greeting with folded arms) to everyone with my feet!

The audiences always respond with great enthusiasm to our dance performances. They clap and cheer and applaud from the bottom of their hearts.  It is really most encouraging for us.  Sometimes, after the show the sponsors even shower us with gifts!

However, what my friends and I found the most encouraging of all was that Aamir Khan, a famous actor wrote a letter of praise for us!  We had sent him a colourful video of our performance of a song from his film ‘Taare Zameen Par’ and he was most delighted and impressed! Wonderful isn’t it?!

Abhijit Sen
D.O.B: 04.10.96
Age: 12+

Abhijit uses a multi-page picture communication display and gestures to communicate. The communication display is placed on a low stool. He pointed to each picture word with his right big toe and the teacher wrote it for him. After each sentence the text was read out to him. Then after 2-3 sentences it was read out to him again so that he could change or re-structure his composition.