Motherhood had never meant labels to Ruchi Verma Rajan – motherhood meant knowing her child beyond the world. Her biggest concern when her son Shaurya was diagnosed with autism at 3 and a half years was simple yet devastating — “will my child ever be able to live independently?” This was not merely a journey of acceptance — it was a crusade of love, education, and commitment to...
Back in the day, different was something a lot of people attempted to conceal. Society trained us to be warriors for the status quo — in classrooms, at work, and even on television; it rewarded those who blended in over those who stood out. But some of the most powerful people in history did not gain their power by thinking like everyone else, but by leveraging how they could think. And one of...
In the year 2021, I was introduced to the word Autism — a six-letter word that changed the way I see life. In that moment, everything changed: my perspective, my planning, my predictions, and my purpose. But that word also gave me something I never thought I had within me — power. The power to make things right, the power to control situations, the power to react in a more focused way, and the...
