snehal kashyap who introduced herself as the special mother of a special child is a motherturnedactivist entrepreneur what started for this law graduate as a slur over her special child at a public place has transpired into awards and recognitions over a period of time as the society has started acknowledging her work as the founder of ye zindagi foundation an ngo for special children and their familieskashyaps ngo also has a brand snehdhaga under which she promotes ethnic garments and handicrafts made by special children and their families apart from maharashtra darpan awards kashyap has also been honoured with the women entrepreneur of the year at the bizglam excellence awards ceremony in the city in an interview to toi kashyap spoke about her journey from struggle to successexcerpts q what does the term special mother mean and how do you fit into this rolea i am a proud mother of a special child and happy to be in this role which is unique and more challenging than the others after becoming a mother to ojas i got an opportunity to connect with these special children of god who live life with challenges and yet remain happy they are normal in their own way and there is nothing to think of them as mad or retarded which are derogatory terms which our society should understand woh pagal hai kya how ridiculous is this questionq what kind of challenges do a special mother and a child facea the toughest thing is to tell special children about the difficulties they need to know and overcome in life my son feels that having one hand is normal but i had to tell him that it was a challenge and not an advantage like the others who have two hands their body language is their only language of expression which a special mother must learn fast and quick there are moments when society makes you feel humiliated and a laughing object one must face these odds with courage an elderly couple had referred to my son as mad i cried like a normal mother but later gained strength from the same incident and became a special mother who now empoweres others like me and their special children leave alone children even their parents are targeted i was told that i had a bad karma for which i was cursed with a special child the words seemed more brutal than destinyq how does one overcome the challenges of a special mother and a special childa one has to accept the special child acknowledge his or her presence in your life and learn to adjust our society hides special children or feels embarrassed its easier said than done to accept a special child and be happy but there is no other way to approach this issue our society has a complex in accepting the special child we need to move on and accept them my fight and mission is to ensure that special children are accepted