Our experiments with Autism - A never ending journey

  Hello readers, Sharing the Akshat's perspective of train journey and social function, we attended last month in our hometown. Most of the writeup's part he finished in last 2-3 days. I am quite amazed to see his willingness towards social exposure and resilience that he is showing to overcome his fear and challenges... Social Function   This was all started when mom received an invitation to attend the family function in Indore. It was a great opportunity for mom to be with her family but this also posed a serious question which always been a challenge for all of us while travelling. How would I manage in the train? How would mom manage it alone? As I always had sensory and anxiety challenges in train journeys, how will I travel and how mom would manage alone as daddy was not coming. Owing to the importance of function, mom and daddy asked me if I want to go? Thinking mindfully, I decided, I would go. I wanted to come out of my fear of socialisation and to cope up with

  In the last blogpost only, Akshat shared his experiences of train journeys, challenges he faces during it. However, those were his prior experiences and after the Covid, we didn't travel at all, so I was assuming that he still had the same challenges, until we got a chance to travel and attend a social function... After a long time, we finally had an opportunity to visit our hometown to attend a social function. As usual, I hesitated to bring Akshat along, given the challenges he faces on train and in crowded places. Nevertheless, the function held great significance, and it provided a chance to reunite with the family after a prolonged period. Thus, I decided to ask Akshat and gauge his feelings about the matter. We engaged in a detailed conversation. and to my astonishment, he expressed complete enthusiasm about attending. To verify his response, I asked him the same thing multiple times, and each time, his answer remained consistent. Sharing one of that conversation here... Bt