An Indian -origin healthcare worker in New Zealand, Nithin Mankeel, received the greatest shock of his life when he learned that his five-year-old son could not be allowed legally in the country as he is autistic. Mankeel moved to New Zealand from India in January 2024, followed by his wife and son later that year.He works as an elder care nurse, and his wife Aparna Jayandhan Geetha works as a senior...
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Mumbai: A woman, on behalf of her seven-year-old autistic twins, has moved the Bombay high court challenging the refusal by an Andheri West school to admit them under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act.Rita Joshi, an advocate practising in the HC, has challenged the school's "unlawful and discriminatory" refusal to admit and integrate her twin sons despite their duly...