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Stories for inclusion
Updated On: 03 April, 2021 09:04 AM IST | Mumbai | Anindita Paul
A children-led initiative launched to mark Autism Awareness Month, is using storytelling to promote acceptance for neuro-diverse children
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The comic strip introduces young readers to the concept of the autism spectrum, through 12-year-old Sara
Four years ago, Mugdha Kalra, a Chembur-based content creator and screenwriter, published a blog about her experience of raising her neuro-diverse son Madhav. Neurodiversity is an umbrella term that encompasses brain differences such as ADHD and autism as normal, rather than deficits. Madhav, Kalra shares, was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum. “It showed me the importance of building a community of parents who can support each other,” she shares.
Mugdha Kalra and Nidhi Mishra
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