Ishara Kids didn’t start in an office. It started in our living room.
In Indian Sign Language
Everything on this page, signed by our team. The full transcript is under the video.
Demo video. The ISL version, signed by Alok Ranjan, is being recorded.
Ishara Kids didn’t start in an office. It started in our living room.
I’m Alok, and this is my sister, Neha. Our lives changed when I was identified as profoundly deaf. Growing up, we saw how hard it is for a child, and for a family, when language comes late.
So we turned what we lived through into our work. Neha became an early childhood educator. I became a specialised Deaf educator. Ishara Kids brings the two together.
It’s the school we wish our family had. Our promise is simple: no deaf child should have to wait for language.
We’re a sister and brother, and our lives changed the day Alok was identified as profoundly deaf.
Growing up, we lived the hurdles first-hand: very little specialised early education, the heavy cost of therapy, and hardly any learning tools that worked without sound. We saw how hard it is for a child, and a family, when language comes late.
So we turned what we lived through into our work. Neha became an early childhood educator. Alok became a specialised Deaf educator. Ishara Kids brings the two together: a place where deaf children have language from the start, and where their families learn alongside them.
It’s the school we wish our family had. Our promise is simple: no deaf child should have to wait for language.
Neha Kumari and Alok Ranjan
Co-founders
Co-founder, Educator and Lead Safeguarding Officer
Neha is an early childhood educator. Growing up alongside her Deaf brother, she saw how a child’s world opens up when the whole family shares a language.
At Ishara Kids she leads early-years teaching and the parent programme. She is also our Lead Safeguarding Officer: the person any parent or staff member can go to with a concern about a child’s safety.
Co-founder and Specialised Deaf Educator
Alok is profoundly deaf and a specialised Deaf educator. He knows from his own childhood why early access to language matters so much.
At Ishara Kids he leads ISL teaching and the design of our visual-first curriculum, and you’ll see him signing in our videos.
