Autism therapy in Defence Colony is not one thing. It is a programme assembled from several disciplines around what a particular child actually needs, which is why the first honest question is not how many hours but which hours. The short answer is our Malviya Nagar centre, because we do not have a centre in Defence Colony. This page sets out what the programme can contain, what it is aiming at, and what it is not promising.
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Centre: eMbrace at Rainbow, Malviya Nagar
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Address: FC-29, Plot No. 5, Geetanjali, near Malviya Nagar Metro Station Gate No. 1, New Delhi 110017
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Nearest metro: Malviya Nagar, Yellow Line, beside Gate No. 1
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Phone: +91 99715 76800
Which eMbrace centre Defence Colony families use
Our closest centre to Defence Colony is in Malviya Nagar, at FC-29, Plot No. 5, Geetanjali, beside Malviya Nagar Metro Station Gate No. 1. We have no centre in Defence Colony, and it is a drive of some length, not a hop.
From Defence Colony, Jangpura and Lajpat Nagar the road route runs via Ring Road and Press Enclave Marg. On the metro it is a Violet Line to Yellow Line change at Central Secretariat or Hauz Khas depending on where you start, so most families in this catchment drive.
For families where the travel is the obstacle rather than the appointment, we run sessions online, and a good deal of child psychology work, particularly parent-facing sessions, does not lose anything in that format.
This is the heaviest commitment we offer: potentially two or three appointments a week across different disciplines, sustained over months, so the journey is not a detail. Be blunt on the intake call about what your week can carry. A smaller programme that runs for a year beats an ambitious one abandoned in six.
For parking, the nearest drop-off point and the quickest route at your particular time of day, ask on the intake call. Traffic and parking around every one of these centres change enough through the day that current directions from someone who works there beat anything we could fix on a web page.
What the therapy is aiming at
The goal is a child who can communicate what they need, take part in what matters to them, and spend less of the day distressed. It is not making an autistic child indistinguishable from a non-autistic one. That distinction changes which goals go in the plan, so it is worth asking any provider where they stand before you commit.
- Communication, whether spoken, signed or through a device, so a child can get needs and ideas across
- Regulation and sensory strategies, so the day contains fewer overwhelming moments
- Participation at home and at school, measured in what a child can join in with
- Parent and sibling support, because the programme runs at home far more hours than it runs with us
Behaviour therapy, sleep, feeding, emotional regulation and autism with ADHD each have their own page on our autism hub.
What a programme is made of
A programme draws on behaviour therapy and parent training, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, special education for school access, and physiotherapy where movement is affected. For the youngest children it is organised around naturalistic early intervention, embedded in play and daily routines rather than delivered at a table.
What we will not do is put every child on the same package. The plan starts from a written baseline, names a few goals in terms you could check yourself, and is reviewed on a set date. If a goal is not moving, the plan changes.
What programmes tend to look like here
From Defence Colony and Jangpura programmes frequently start after a period of fragmented support, where a family has been seeing separate providers who have never spoken to each other. Consolidating that into one plan with one review date is often the most useful thing we do first.
Sensory and regulation work features heavily in this catchment, alongside parent training.
Who you would see at our Malviya Nagar centre
Dr Supriya Malik, Founder and CEO, and Head of the Child Development Centre at Rainbow
PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of Birmingham, where she was also a postdoctoral researcher, and a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society in the UK. She designed the assessment and therapy pathways every eMbrace centre runs.
At our Malviya Nagar centre, the clinicians who take this work are:
Cheesha Kanwar, Psychologist
Completing an MSc in Clinical Psychology at Christ (Deemed to be University), with a BA (Hons) in Applied Psychology from the University of Delhi. Behaviour therapy and assessment support using WISC-V, NEPSY-II, Conners-3 and BRIEF-2. Works in English and Hindi.
Upasna, Speech Language Pathologist
Upasna holds a Master and a Bachelor in Speech Language Pathology from the Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for Speech and Hearing Disability in Kolkata. Her paediatric work covers spoken language disorders, misarticulation, late language emergence, developmental verbal dyspraxia, developmental stuttering and cluttering, cleft lip and palate, cochlear implant support, cerebral palsy and pragmatic language difficulty in autism.
Abha Mattoo, Paediatric Physiotherapist
Abha Mattoo holds an MPT in Neurological Sciences with a paediatrics elective from Sikkim Manipal University and a BPT from H.N.B. Garhwal University. She works in paediatric neurological and cardiothoracic rehabilitation, and previously ran early intervention rehabilitation for children with autism and ADHD at the Sangamitra Centre in Bengaluru.
Which of them you see is decided on the intake call rather than by whoever has the next free slot, and you are told who it will be before you book. Fuller biographies are on our about page.
Schools and services we already work with
Autism support around Defence Colony does not stop at our door, and the organisations we work with shape what we can offer.
Our Malviya Nagar centre runs inside Rainbow Children's Hospital, New Delhi, which is why occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech therapy, behaviour therapy and special education sit in the same building as assessment.
Through The Medical Travel Company we provide autism and ADHD assessment and therapy for families in the UK, across Africa and elsewhere in India, on hybrid, in-person and online programmes.
Fees, hours, and how progress is judged
Fees are quoted upfront on your intake call and depend on which disciplines the programme uses and how often. Because it is assembled rather than sold as a package, you get the shape and the cost together before anything starts.
We review formally on a date set in advance, against the goals written at the start. Beware anyone promising a timeline or an outcome for autism therapy, because nobody can honestly give you one.
Frequently asked questions
Usually, and it is often the most useful first step. One plan, one baseline and one review date beats three providers who have never spoken to each other.
A written baseline, a small number of goals stated so you could check them yourself, and a set review date rather than a vague promise to reassess.
Our Malviya Nagar centre via Ring Road and Press Enclave Marg, where several disciplines run at one address.
No. The aim is communication, participation and less distress. Be wary of anyone offering more than that.
You are told the figure on the free 15-minute intake call, once we know which disciplines the programme uses.
Book, or check first
Start with the free 15-minute intake call. It is with a clinician, fees are quoted on it, and if we are not the right service for your child we will tell you on that call rather than after you have paid for an appointment.
Book a free intake call