Swathi Vellal Raghunandan is the Founder and Director of Ishanya India Foundation, a not-for-profit organization committed to building inclusive communities for persons with disabilities. A special educator by training, she has spent over a decade working with autistic individuals and their families across education, employment, and community inclusion. Her work spans assistive technology, parent counselling, transition to adulthood, workplace inclusion, and building capacity across the disability ecosystem. Swathi holds a Master's degree in Special Educational Needs and Inclusion from the University of Northampton (UK) and a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Christ University, Bengaluru. She is a researcher, author, speaker, trainer, and award-winning disability inclusion advocate, having received several national recognitions for her contribution to the field. Her work is grounded in the belief that every individual deserves opportunities to participate, belong, and thrive.
Walk into any therapy centre or school, and one question echoes through the corridors: “Is my child improving?” It is a question every parent asks, every teacher reflects upon, and every therapist strives to answer. But perhaps the more important question is this: What does progress actually look like? Over the years at Ishanya India […]