My Didi (Older Sister)

Akkar Bakkar Bombay Bo, Assi Nabbe Poore Sau, a numbers game ……… My sister and I start playing with each other whenever we are together. My lovely elder sister, my Didi is much older than me and I call her Gudiya (Dolly) Didi. Do you know, she also teaches me with lots of love and care? She even helps me to correct my mistakes.

My Didi does the cooking for the family whenever my Mother is unwell. I help her with the chores. Once, Didi forgot to add salt in the vegetables. What fun we had joking about it!

My Didi is very studious. She plays Ludo and Carrom with me whenever she can. I love to listen to stories from her just before going to bed. She has told me about Bapuji (Mahatma Gandhi), Chacha Nehru (Jawaharlal Nehru) and Rani (Queen) of Jhansi. Didi likes to be neat and clean. She keeps her table so tidy that even I have started arranging my books neatly. The loveliest and most special person in my life is my Didi. She is good, she is lovely.

Ashis uses a multi-page picture communication display and gestures to communicate. He pointed to each picture word with the index finger on his right hand and the teacher wrote for him. After construction of each sentence the text was read out to him. After 3-4 sentences, it was read out to him again and he had the choice of continuing with the sequence or modify the text. He used gestures for sentences such as “I help my sister”.