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A Latika teacher in a red kurta helping a small student navigate down marble stairs, hand in hand

Up and Up and Up

Up and Up and Up Our new building has not just one but two elevators. In the houses we currently rent, many students and staff

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A delighted boy with Down syndrome getting a haircut from a beaming stylist at the Pigtails & Crewcuts salon

A Very Special Salon

Many disabled children really hate getting their hair cut. Everything from the snipping sound of the scissors to the sensory overload of a hair dryer

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Latika mothers reading and sorting picture books together at outdoor tables on a sunny terrace

The Moms Pitch In

I walked up to the terrace this morning, looking for a bit of sun to warm up in. Every available sunbeam was already occupied by

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Cover of Stewart Brand’s book “How Buildings Learn: What happens after they’re built”

How Buildings Learn

I never knew that buildings are alive, that they learn and adapt; that, like children, they teach us what they need. Stewart Brand’s iconic book

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Striped sunlight pattern from a perforated screen falling across the brick wall and concrete platform of the new Latika building

Welcoming the Light

Our new building is a jewel box of light and shadow. Especially shadow. There are dramatic shadows like those on our indoor stage; more subtle

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