Our experiments with Autism - A never ending journey

 Hello Readers, Yesterday I asked Akshat what he wanted to do in his language session, and he chose picture inferencing. Picture inferencing has been a consistent choice for him since the early days of his language-learning journey. More on that later... For the session, I selected a picture from Google showing Team India celebrating their T20 World Cup win with the trophy. I asked Akshat to interpret the image and here is his interpretation.  As always, we experimented with creating an image on the same topic using MS-Paint. Hope you like it. Enjoy reading and stay tuned! Akshat & Ritu 3-07-24 The image captures the winning celebrations of Team India after they defeated South Africa in the T20 World Cup final. The image depicts many emotions as India won the World Cup after seventeen years. There is pride, thrill, success, and a sense of contentment. I do not follow cricket much but get to know the latest updates from my daddy, as he is a huge fan. People in India are...

  Hey readers! It's been a long gap since either Akshat or I dropped a blog post here. Lately, I have been encouraging Akshat to write but last month seemed to be a writer's block for him. We tried brainstorming different topics, but nothing seemed to click. Despite that Akshat managed to pen a few poems, especially for his dad on the occasion of  Father's Day. Today, Akshat wanted to share one of those poems with you all and a conversation we had over one of his favourite songs, 'Papa Kehte hai' (Father says) from the movie 'Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak' Stay tuned and enjoy! Akshat & Ritu 15-6-24 M. After a long time, you were watching the song, ‘Papa kehte hai’ today… A.  One of my favorite songs. M. Hmm…Do you remember you used to play this song on casio(keyboard)… A. Yess. M. Hmm…You used to play it nice… A. hmm. M. You tried to learn the keyboard(Casio) for a long…Did you used to enjoy playing it? A. I think music is good for listening bu...

  DIL CHAHTA HAI People often wish for many things and expect them to become reality. Dil chahta hai! Yes, we tend to expect so many things in our lives that we often end up cribbing and fussing. But does the expectation always need to be fulfilled? Desires are feelings that knows no limit and expectations many times get you trapped in feelings that leave you emotionally fragile. As human mind always feels that expectations should meet. However, learning flexibility helps in keeping oneself grounded. Having said that, keeping expectations are not always bad. A reasonable amount of expectation is good as it helps in balancing bonds in any relationship. So, let the dil wish, desire and expect but let the mind keep a watch. Akshat Rassay 23-1-24

  21-3-24 This month India is going to vote for a new government. The nation will look forward to the making of a new India, which should be shining as a progressive, liberal and inclusive country. To vote means exercising your basic right in a democracy. It allows an individual to express his concerns and opinions. India is a young country. More than 2/3 population is below 40 years. And I fall in that category. Being young, I aspire to be a writer and as a neurodivergent, I wish for a society that is more inclusive in actions than in thoughts. Akshat Rassay

World Autism Awareness day Can mind be confined within boundaries? Can thoughts be limited? No, certainly not! Thoughts give wings to the dreams. They are fuel for the mind. Every human being is capable to think. However, a general perception of society negates a neurodivergent’s capability to think. The society assume that neurodivergents lack brains but that is not true. It is interesting to mention here that thinking is deeply rooted with autism. Being a neurodivergent (autistic) myself, I feel that I can articulate my thoughts clearly. It is a freeing feeling to express oneself. This World Autism Awareness Day, I hope for a cognitively diverse society, which believes in inclusion. -Akshat Rassay

  20-2-24 Birthday celebrations are feelings of both happiness and being social. There is so much of wild excitement in people that sometime it is difficult to manage. Still birthday celebrations are interesting life experience. This year, on 19 th February I have celebrated my 20 th birthday. It was good to celebrate at REACH centre. Friends and teachers wished me. How wonderful it was. There were feelings of joy, kindness, and being social. We had a yummy time while gorging over samosas, khaman and cake.  Yay! Birthday celebration was so cool.   Akshat Rassay

  It was a freeing moment when my thoughts started the journey of expression. The mind sparked the thoughts and fuelled the words. Bond Beyond Words is surely an intriguing tale of my expressions. The feelings I gone through while reading the various reviews of the book, were very emotional. I felt honoured. I want to thank all the readers who read my book. Yes, life has changed socially after I was featured as a co-author in talking fingers and now in Bond Beyond Words. I started communicating more with the society like teachers in REACH centre and other people there. The experience I am having while communicating with many people is fascinating. I enjoy sharing thoughts especially with mamma. The autistics could feel deep emotions and mature enough to understand people’s perspective. So, kindly love them mindfully. I do expect that readers should feel the thoughts underlying the conversations in my book. I feel rooted in thoughts. Writing can provide an opportunity to blo...