“Sanjith is a non-speaking autistic kid. We started using an AAC App a while ago but it was mostly limited to requesting for breakfast, lunch & dinner. We couldn’t take it any further. I came in touch with Subodha through Facebook. We started online sessions with Subodha and boom!! Anjana, our therapist introduced navigation on the AAC system through customising different folders, facilitated language through games, conversations, shared writing, making up poems, stories and more!! A boy who was almost written off for being non-vocal has now presented at a conference by autistic individuals. He is being noticed by kids in our community and his ability to communicate better has helped him regulate himself better than before. We are happy to be able to converse, play and have fun together. All thanks to Subodha.”

“After Leira acquired very basic speech, we noticed a stagnancy and her speech never progressed beyond words like “I want+ noun”(very few nouns, mostly mands for food). She would also use words and phrases but without context or meaning. We approached Subodha and Anjana, our therapist could pin point that Leira is a gestalt learner (learning language in chunks) and possibly that was the reason why she was not able to typically combine words. Based on our therapist’s input, we customized AAC to break up the existing phrases into words and recombining them and at the same time exposed her to many words multimodally. Now her language has picked up and has extended to small phrases with 2 to 3 words and she looks a lot more confident and happier.”

“Earlier, my voice was very feeble & words came out gibberish. I met Anjana, from Subodha in 2018. She provided virtual speech therapy to me. She started with letter & word formation for me. With the techniques given by her I was able to speak more clearly & loudly. She helped me with more complex language too.. giving me tools & techniques eg. describe the event, steps of recipes as I am very fond of cooking. Best part for me was she included Meditation with speech therapy which helped me manage my anxiety. I communicate using keyboard, but she taught me to communicate using spoken words too. With strategies given by her, I try to focus more on my verbal expression too. Thanks to Subodha for all your support. Keep doing the great work and helping other kids.”

“My main concern was that my son was not communicating independently; there was a heavy dependence on physical prompting. I wanted guidance on making him an independent communicator. That’s when I was referred to Subodha. The therapist used a prompt fading approach. Through Subodha sessions, I gained some insights about my son through their neurodiversity approach. He is able to express himself by typing without prompts through their video conversations. My son feels the AAC App, and Subodha are helping him communicate better. He sensed the trust and respect the therapist holds for him. I am thankful”.

“We have had multiple speech therapists and were never satisfied. After we got started at Subodha, we did not have to look any further. Our therapist Anjana’s greatest strength is her structured approach, empathy and patience. She is the only speech therapist we could really trust as she understands our child. Our son likes the online sessions with her and we have seen a drastic improvement in our child’s speech and confidence”