Look Beyond the Label
I am an author—an award winning author of fiction and this is the identity that I own with pride. Incidentally, the process of getting here involved quashing a …
28 August 2026Read more →
Power Thoughts
Insights and stories for parents on the journey
To Be Seen and Heard
The Invisible Weight of Autism Caregiving About four or five years ago, I was on the phone with Krishna’s psychiatrist. I remember I was walking around the gard…
27 August 2026Read more →
Am I Doing Enough for My Autistic Child?
When “enough” becomes an impossible question—and how to ask what is needed now Am I doing enough? It is such a familiar question in autism parenting that we can…
18 August 2026Read more →
Autism and Medicines: What Every Parent Should Know
“Will my child need medicines?”“What can treat autism?” These are among the first questions many parents ask after their child is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum…
10 August 2026Read more →
What Happens After Us? (Part 2)
Where Do I Begin? How to plan for your child's future—one thoughtful decision at a time In my previous article, I shared how Ravi and I came to realise that pro…
6 August 2026Read more →
What Happens After Us? (Part 1)
How my son Shravan changed my life, my purpose, and the way I think about the future More than twenty years ago, I became mother to a little boy named Shravan. …
6 August 2026Read more →
Special Education: Opening Doors, Unlocking Potential
“Every child learns. The question is not whether they can learn, but how they learn best.” Receiving a diagnosis for a child can be one of the most emotional mo…
4 August 2026Read more →
The Layers of Acceptance
It was a dark and stormy night! Krishna was about two years old. He was thrilled by the storm and his father was holding him in front of the bedroom window. The…
3 August 2026Read more →
Beyond Speech
Understanding Feeding, Sensory Processing, and Oral-Motor Development in Children with Autism When we think about autism, communication is often the first thing…
29 July 2026Read more →
The Decision Trap
Parenting is a life-changing experience, and this is an understatement if you are the parent of a neurodivergent child. I am a parent to an autistic young adult…
29 July 2026Read more →
Inclusion Is Not the Goal; It Is the Path
What if we have been taught the concept of inclusion differently? What if inclusion is not a goal to achieve, but a path for all of us to walk? A path that help…
28 July 2026Read more →
Harmony
“Did he get down at all today?” It was about 7 in the evening. My husband had just gotten back home from work. I had been pacing up and down our terrace for hou…
27 July 2026Read more →