Akshat Rassay

Akshat Rassay is a 17 year old non verbal young adult on spectrum. He has his individual opinions and a very logical thought process. 

He loves music, rides cycle, watch TV and sometimes cooks too. Akshat is a foodie and mostly like spicy food but also like to have selected sweets in between.

He loves his parents and helps them in daily chores. He says that he learned to express and type with the help of his mother. He started communicating with an AAC app and later moved on to MS-Word for long conversations. He still uses the app for daily routine communication.

Nowadays, along with following a routine and learning the necessary life skills, he is learning to write. This strength of him was came to light when he started expressing in the beginning of 2020 and improved remarkably by the end of the year.

During the conversations that he has with his mother, he share his views on different topics including Autism. His views and opinions are helping a lot to know him and Autism better. 


He is also trying to learn social skills by attending some online classes. 

Sometimes, people think that if he is expressing so well there is no 'issue' with him and he is now 'normal'. NO, Please make it clear that he's having a condition called Autism which will remain with him life long. He is dealing with whole lot of issues like aggression, anxiety and learning to regulate himself. It is very natural that parents do affect by this both mentally and physically.


This blog is started with the intention of sharing his writings and hence knowing the thought process of a neuro diverse person. Hope readers find it helpful and useful too.

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