Everyone remembers the movie Taare Zameen Par and the heart-wrenching journey of little Ishaan Awasthi. We cried with him, rooted for him, and sighed in relief when someone finally understood him. But what most of us don’t realise is that Ishaan’s story is not fiction for many children; it is their everyday reality. Children with learning disabilities and special needs face immense challenges that often go unnoticed or misunderstood. The pressure to keep up in mainstream classrooms, the fear of