Dr. Rafat - Child Neurologist

17/04/2025

Dear All,
Here we go again.. some guidance, tips on how to approach when we suspect our child to have symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder..

Take home messages:
*Understand if it’s Autism
*Need for a comprehensive neurological and developmental evaluation
*Need to rule out causes that can mimic autism *Follow a guided, goal based, customised plan and approach for maximum benefits.

02/04/2025

World Autism Awareness Day. 2nd April 2025.

Celebrate the diversity, uniqueness or these beautiful individuals.. Celebrate Neurodiversity…

24/03/2025

My son, Bhavik, is suffering from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and we urgently need ₹26,00,00,000 to continue his life-saving treatment. As his parents, we cannot afford this amount and are turning to you for help. Any contribution, big or small, will directly impact his care and give him a chance...

05/12/2024

Infantile Spasm Awareness Week - 1-7th December

Infantile spasms or West Syndrome is a neurological emergency and has seizures which can be easily missed by parents and caregivers.
Sudden shock like movements, forward or backward jerking / bending, head drops sometimes as subtle as upward jerky eye movements.
It can lead to delay or regressions of the infant’s milestones particularly social milestones.

It needs urgent attention and treatment to avoid the developmental impact of this devastating epilepsy.

Infant / children at risk are those with history of NICU / nursery admission at birth, prematurity, hypoxia (low oxygen)seizures at birth, low sugar at birth, developmental malformations of brain, genetic and metabolic conditions and more.

Let’s educate ourselves to recognise symptoms early, so that any child with infantile spasms gets urgent attention and optimal treatment.

16/08/2024

02/04/2024

World Autism Awareness Month 2024.
April 2 is celebrated globally every year as World Autism Awareness Day to support children and adults with Autism and promotes inclusion and acceptance.
Let’s advocate for more inclusive, integrated and happy , supportive society for people with Autism.

17/11/2023

17th November is celebrated as National Epilepsy Awareness day.
Let’s learn more about seizures and epilepsy and grow towards an informed and aware community to support people living with Epilepsy.

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23/10/2023

How many times have you come across a child who has been labelled as being very naughty, disturbing others, getting into fights with other children, not interested in academics, day dreamer and so on???

I think we all have come across these children very often and in fact the child could be suffering with ADHD!!!

October is celebrated as ADHD Awareness month.

ADHD can be diagnosed with professional help, detailed history of onset, duration, and progression. Neurological examination and psychological evaluations help us to know the problem.

Symptoms of ADHD improves over time with proper interventions like Behavior Modification, Individualized Education Intervention Programs and Medications (in older children). Interventions have a long-term impact on a child's life and his well being as an adult.

Let's join this campaign to increase awareness, remove stigma around ADHD, support children and adults with ADHD and grow towards an inclusive society. Let's join hands and pledge that no child is deprived of the help that he needs.

October is celebrated as ADHD Awareness month. Let's join this campaign to increase awareness, remove stigma around ADHD, support children and adults with AD...

11/10/2023

True satisfaction- A reason that helps me to work harder, to make that little difference in the lives of beautiful children and their families.
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True satisfaction- A reason that helps me to work harder, to make that little difference in the lives of beautiful children and their families