Autism or Virtual Autism?
“No, my son isn’t autistic,” a young mother said, her eyes filling. “He has virtual autism.” Krishna’s therapist shared that this happens quite frequently nowad…
8 June 2025Read More →
They Hear You
Let me tell you a story about a common misconception: when someone doesn’t respond, they haven’t heard you. Especially when that someone is autistic. “Krishna, …
20 May 2025Read More →
Autism Awareness: A Mother’s Perspective – XII
Part 12: The Future I began this series in response to my son Krishna’s frustrating hospital experience. I am surely not the only autism parent to have gone thr…
3 March 2025Read More →
Autism Awareness: A Mother’s Perspective – XI
Part 11: False Cures, Real Vulnerability “Can’t we do SOMETHING, Doctor?” Trying to find an answer to that question, after Krishna was diagnosed as autistic, we…
24 February 2025Read More →
Autism Awareness: A Mother’s Perspective – X
Part 10: The Gut, The Brain, and Everything In Between “It is not autism, it is gut-ism,” my mother said when Krishna was six. At the time, she and I knew nothi…
17 February 2025Read More →
Autism Awareness: A Mother’s Perspective – IX
Part 9: Therapies, Choices, and the Long Road Between Our son Krishna was diagnosed as autistic about six years ago at NIMHANS. What happened next? Shock, devas…
10 February 2025Read More →
Autism Awareness: A Mother’s Perspective – VIII
Part 8: Labels, and the Way We See I started writing this series on autism awareness because I needed to share what I've learnt till now on my journey with Kris…
3 February 2025Read More →
Autism Awareness: A Mother’s Perspective – VII
Part 7: Behaviour Is Not the Problem My son Krishna loves to clap and play with his fingers. He also hits his hands, feet, and head against hard surfaces –…
3 February 2025Read More →
Autism Awareness: A Mother’s Perspective – VI
Part 6: The Myth of the Emotionless Autistic Let me tell you a story. A story about perceptions and misconceptions. One day, we had guests visiting. It's a rar…
20 January 2025Read More →
Autism Awareness: A Mother’s Perspective – V
Part 5: What is Stimming in Autism? Krishna has always expressed excitement and happiness in a very particular way—by tensing his entire body and vigorously sh…
15 January 2025Read More →
Autism Awareness: A Mother’s Perspective – IV
Part 4: Emotional Expression in Autism I have been sharing my experiences with autism through my son Krishna’s ongoing story, which is now six years old, post d…
7 January 2025Read More →
Autism Awareness: A Mother’s Perspective – III
Part 3: The fallout of SPI in Autism A new year with new beginnings – this is my hope and prayer for my son Krishna and all other children on the autistic…
1 January 2025Read More →