It is only through public awareness of the need for specially trained staff using special methodology and a special curriculum that hundreds of disadvantaged children can be brought out of the dark neglected corners to which they are consigned by parents who know no better or cannot be bothered to do anything special for them. Call it by any name, autism, learning disability, Down’s syndrome, or intellectually challenged, these children of the Almighty do not need sympathy but rather a helping hand- sometimes a push upward so that they can take their place in the sun. They need sheltered workplaces, independent living homes where they can learn to live independently, and schools where they can learn the basics of looking after themselves and not be a burden on parents or siblings.