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By Aatif Ammad Priya Koul, 37, a mother of two, travels 60 kilometres from Udhampur, thrice a week, for her daughter’s speech therapy lessons in Jammu. The centre is one of the few available in the region. Her six-year-old daughter has been undergoing speech therapy for the past year. Priya, who didn’t want her real name to be shared, said that her daughter started uttering the words ‘mamma’ and ‘papa’ when she turned two. Her speech ceased over time but it wasn’t much of a concern until she turned five. “That’s when we realised there might be a problem and took her to a doctor, who recommende…

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