A healthy extent of denial and belief that things will happen when it’s the right time for them to, has its role to play in keeping peace while living with Autism. Ever since Gautam hit puberty and a little ahead of that, I have been around conversations about when...
As a young parent, when faced with a new diagnosis, there’s way too much emphasis laid on things a child with autism will have “difficulty doing” rather than focusing on the innumerable strengths and the potential each child has, that can be worked...
In the last couple of years, I have sensed a rigidity, stubbornness, and intense loyalty for patterns and schedules in Gautam (Now 22 plus and on the Autism Spectrum Disorders). Like every other symptom that you do not want to acknowledge in your child, I wanted to...
Technology based apps are quite good for education purpose. But most of the times, kids end up playing games and watching You Tube. Sanjith was around 4yrs when we bought an iPad so that he can play some interactive games and communicate with us. Second part never...
Travel diaries with autism: A few days back, we had been to Nainital, Kausani, Ranikhet and Jim Corbett…covering some part of Uttarakhand. It all started with a small conversation on Avaz (since he’s non-vocal, we use AAC device) with my 12 yr old son on...