Why Farida Rizwan believes every child deserves an inclusive education
Farida Rizwan started My Giggle Garden, a pre-school in Bengaluru, where children with special needs would learn and play alongside children without disabilities.
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A casual conversation with her daughter Farheena one evening, six years ago, was to change the course of Farida Rizwan’s life yet again. At various points, Farheena, who has special needs kept saying “you people” and “we people.” It was the first time Farida realised her daughter saw herself as
different from others, and despite every effort, still felt excluded.
“I realised people still treated Farheena differently and wanted to do something to change this for other children with special needs. The only way to do this was to build that perception early. That’s why I decided to start a pre-school where children with special needs would learn and play alongside children without disabilities,” she says.