Jo’s Blog

A paediatrician named Alastair McAlpine tweeted about a little project he had undertaken. He asked a bunch of his terminally ill patients what had made their lives thus far meaningful. His patients are children; they were dying and they had a [...]

Why It’s Important for Children to Do Household Chores When I was a child, I had regular chores. Thursday was cleaning day and all of us (we were seven kids) had rotating assignments. One week I would scrub the two bathrooms (tub, sink, [...]

Discovering the Magic of Activity-based Learning Vijay, the boy who lives upstairs from me, asked me to help him prepare for his computer exam. Handing me his notebook of questions and answers, he asked me solemnly to quiz him. “You’ve got it [...]

The Aunty Poem (Mi Privilege Es Su Privilege) Mohja Kahf I will be your aunty in the new city where you have not yet met a soul Come to my table and eat Teach me your pronouns I will be your aunty who wires you money wherever you are stranded in [...]

Investing in India’s Children is More Crucial Now Than Ever According to the World Health Organisation, there are 200 million children with disabilities worldwide. Approximately 50 million of them live in India, and a vast number of these [...]

As promised in my last post, here are the remaining F-Words: Fun Friends Future FUN Children are born looking for fun. Even before they have toys, they know how to play: we have pictures of babies in the womb, swooping, diving, happily sucking [...]

Following on from my last post about the International Classification of Functioning, Health and Disability, today let’s consider the F-Words. The F-Words are a fun way to think about the ICF for children. Developed by our friends at the [...]