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 few widely held myths about non-speaking autism and this is something that I have learned to take in my stride. It is also something that made me think about the ways in

“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 Disorder (ASD). It is a natural concern. Parents want to do everything possible to help their child, and medicines often seem like an obvious solution. Unfortunately, there is no medicine that cures autism. More importantly,

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 providing for Shravan’s future would require building a dedicated corpus to support him throughout his lifetime. The realisation was overwhelming. And then came the question every parent in our situation