Helping children overcome learning disability

Bengaluru: A double Masters in Commerce and Psychology would quite effortlessly land the degree holder a high paying job at a bank or any leading MNC across the country. But this woman who has also done her International Diploma in Guidance and counseling along with a Diploma in Learning Disabilities, has a different story to tell and to teach. Chetana Keni, the founder of what is referred to as a school for the gifted,

The Aurinko Academy at Bangalore, started her journey towards establishing a school for children with learning disability or with dyslexia after Chetana started home schooling her five-old son who had learning disability.

«I was running from pillar to post to get him help and acceptance in mainstream schools. Sadly, with an IQ of 125 and no academic skill-sets to boast of, sustaining the mainstream demands was becoming increasingly difficult. That’s when I decided to home school…