What is Autism in India like?
One of the aims of the AFA journal, Autism Network, is to provide a forum for bringing parents and professionals from different regions and backgrounds together to share their own experiences and knowledge.
Over the years multitude of ‘family stories’ have been featured in the Autism Network. These first-hand accounts of families of people with autism, as well as those written by people with autism themselves, speak of their journeys, their struggles and achievements, the strategies that have proved to be useful, and those which may not have been so. They carry a wealth of information and are exceptionally motivating with their ‘can do’ spirit.
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Link to specific Autism Network issue |
Independent Living at Dehradun- Neha Uttam |
April 2017: Vol. XII, No.1 |
101 Hating your Autistic Child…and teaching him or her Self Loathing- Ray Hemachandra |
April 2017: Vol. XII, No.1 |
Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum: A Profile- Wenn B Lawson & Katy Reid |
April 2017: Vol. XII, No.1 |
Cheers for PEERS- Andre Velho |
August 2016: Vol. XI, No.2 |
The Dark Side of the Stim: Self-Injury and Destructive Habits- Kirsten Lindsmith |
August 2016: Vol. XI, No.2 |
"What After I am Gone Worry" ! - Deepa Garwa |
April 2016: Vol.XI , No.1 |
"Who will Marry my Autistic Child" ? - Maripat Robison |
April 2016: Vol.XI , No.1 |
Stimming 101: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Stim -Kirsten Lindsmith |
April 2016: Vol.XI , No.1 |
We are Awesome Siblings !- Deepali Taneja |
December 2015: Vol. X, No.3 |
Communication vs Speech- Zia Shadma |
December 2015: Vol. X, No.3 |
Hair Wars- Bindiya and Suresh Chelly |
December 2015: Vol. X, No.3 |
From a "Runner to a Sitter"- Sharmila Gopal |
August 2015: Vol. X, No.2 |
Autism in Israel: Small Country, Big Love - Rachel S Brezis |
August 2015: Vol. X, No.2 |
An Ink that Writes a Different Story- Parul Kumtha |
April 2015: Vol. X, No.1 |
The Science of Teaching Social Skills to Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder… The PEERS Method- Elizabeth Laugeson |
August 2014: Vol. IX, No.2 |
CGPA Score of 10… a cakewalk ? - Sudhanshu Grover |
April 2014: Vol. IX, No.1 |
Running the Autism Marathon: Choosing, prioritizing & implementing goals– ChitraVenugopal and GVGK Raju |
December 2013: Vol. VIII, No.3 |
Turning 21 – IndraniBasu |
December 2013: Vol. VIII, No.3 |
Being myself In conversation with Mr G- AchyutanalGuha |
December 2013: Vol. VIII, No.3 |
Preparations for a wedding – UrmilaTaneja |
August 2013: Vol. VIII, No. 2 |
Banking on Inclusion - UrmilaTaneja |
April 2013: Vol. VIII, No. 1 |
Bringing Up My Twins - Sudhanshu Grover |
April 2012: Vol. VII, No. 1 |
Meet My Hero - Neena Waugh |
December 2011: Vol. VI, No. 3 |
Is tabletop work so important? - Sudhanshu Grover |
December 2010: Vol. V, No. 3 |
Perfect Life – Monica Rishi |
December 2010: Vol. V, No. 3 |
Forward March - Chitra Raman |
August 2010: Vol. V, No. 2 |
Toilet training for Babu – Lillian Seenoi Kina |
December 2009: Vol. IV, No. 3 |
On Autism… As I See It - RohiniMitra |
December 2009: Vol. IV, No. 3 |
The Lighter Side of Autism: A Day in The Life |
December 2009: Vol. IV, No. 3 |
Open It: A Mother’s Perspective on Disclosure - Sudhanshu Grover |
April 2009: Vol. IV, No. 1 |
Do I Tell my Son that He has ASD? - ParulKumtha |
April 2009: Vol. IV, No. 1 |
Abhishek - The Artist - Soma Sarkar |
April 2009: Vol. IV, No. 1 |
Cutting the Umbilicus - ShubhangiVaidya |
December 2008: Vol. III, No. 3 |
Preparing Richa for the Onset of her Periods |
August 2008: Vol. III, No. 2 |
Preparation for Adulthood - UrmilaTaneja |
August 2008: Vol. III, No. 2 |
My Story - AchyutanalGuha |
April 2008: Vol. III, No. 1 |
A Brother Remembers - KetanSonalker |
April 2008: Vol. III, No. 1 |
A NormalAutistic Person - Indrani (Nano) Basu |
April 2008: Vol. III, No. 1 |
Who shall we label as being different? - Satish&BhavanaSonalker |
December 2007: Vol. II, No. 3 |
Memories of a Brother-in-Law - JanhaviSonalkar |
August 2007: Vol. II, No. 2 |
Sujit - By SusmitaKurup |
August 2007: Vol. II, No. 2 |
My Brother Vishu - VibhuPratyush |
August 2007: Vol. II, No. 2 |
Bharat - PadmavathiSundar |
August 2007: Vol. II, No. 2 |
Autism: A Grandmother’s Perspective - TapatiGhosh |
April 2007: Vol. II, No. 1 |
Parent as Researcher -A personal narrative- ShubhangiVaidya |
December 2006: Vol. I, No. 3 |
So What Does He Learn at School? - IndraniBasu |
December 2006: Vol. I, No. 3 |
Basketball Stars |
April 2006: Vol. I, No. 1 |
My Story - Inside My World - Emma Thomson |
December 2005: Vol. XII, No. 3 |
“Comment " - |
August 2005: Vol. XII, No. 2 |
Benzy and Her Music - Kavita Kumar |
April 2005: Vol. XII, No. 1 |
A Different Kind of Hero - Janine Langella |
April 2005: Vol. XII, No. 1 |
Reasons to Smile – Poonam Nanda |
Dec 2004: Vol. XI, No. 3 |
Dating, Marriage & Autism: A Personal Perspective - Stephen Shore |
Aug 2004: Vol. XI, No. 2 |
She's No quitter - Chitra Raman |
Aug 2004: Vol. XI, No. 2 |
Home Truths About Asperger’s Syndrome |
Aug 2004: Vol. XI, No. 2 |
The Gift of Teaching - Debashis Paul |
April 2004: Vol. XI, No. 1 |
AFA Sends Autistic Young Man |
April 2004: Vol. XI, No. 1 |
Sachu- Anita Pradeep |
December 2003: Vol. X, No. 3 |
My Life With Autism: Implications for Educators |
August 2003: Vol. X, No. 2 |
My Son Kartik- Chandrashekaran |
April 2003 : Vol. X, No. 1 |
Understanding David - SushilaAilawadi |
April 2003 : Vol. X, No. 1 |
Parent Accounts: Fear of Flying I - MinnaWadhwa |
December 2002: Vol. VIX, No. 3 |
…… and Other Issues - Krishna Chauhan |
December 2002: Vol. VIX, No. 3 |
Self Help - John Joyce |
December 2002: Vol. VIX, No. 3 |
A Special Learning - ChaityGhosh |
August 2002: Vol. VIX, No. 2 |
My Brother is Different - SwapnaThampi Nair |
August 2002: Vol. VIX, No. 2 |
"The Problems I Faced in Implementing a GFCF Diet" - A Parent Shares |
August 2002: Vol. VIX, No. 2 |
Integration In School - (Name withheld on request) |
April 2002 Vol. VIX, No. 1 |
Autism, Joshua, The DAN-Protocol And Immune 26 |
December 2001 Vol. VIII, No. 3 |
How to Implement a Gluten Free Casein Free Diet at Home: A Mother's Experience |
December 2000 Vol. VII, No. 3 |
Zubin's Story - NasreenMazumdar |
December 2000 Vol. VII, No. 3 |
Learning with Aadit - Shirley &Vinoj Manning |
December 2000 Vol. VII, No. 3 |
How I Use A Social Story -Mini Verma |
April 2000 Vol. VII, No. 1 |
Bottle Feeding - An Experience in Withdrawal |
April 2000 Vol. VII, No. 1 |
Kannu's Three Years At Home - SwapnaThampi Nair |
December 1999 Vol. VI, No. 3 |
Note From A Father - Deepak Verma |
December 1999 Vol. VI, No. 3 |
On Changing Unwanted Behaviours - Hema and JairamSampath |
December 1999 Vol. VI, No. 3 |
Challenging Behaviour - An Experience - Laly Patel |
April 1999 Vol. VI, No. 1 |
Abhinav Accepts His Sister - Dr. Preeti Singh |
April 1999 Vol. VI, No. 1 |
Christmas Party - InduChaswal |
April 1999 Vol. VI, No. 1 |
Visitor From Mars - BhaswatiGhosh |
December 1998 Vol. V, No. 3 |
"Namaste" - Kathy Lissner-Grant |
December 1998 Vol. V, No. 3 |
A Date With the Dentist - |
August 1998 Vol. V, No. 2 |
Travels with Vrinda: Then and Now - InduChaswal |
August 1998 Vol. V, No. 2 |
Training Your (Female) Child - JyotiRao |
August 1998 Vol. V, No. 2 |
Challenging Behaviour: A Mother's Perspective - InduChaswal |
April 1998: Vol. V, No. 1 |
The Lighter Side: Water Tanks and Shoes - InduChaswal, New Delhi |
December 1997 Vol. IV, No. 3 |
Guddu: Our Special Child - RadhaPalchowdhury |
April 1997 Vol. IV, No. 1 |
Slow and Gradual Development But a Certain and Sure Development - Seema Bhatia |
December 1996 Vol. III, No. 3 |
Travels with my Child - InduChaswal |
December 1996 Vol. III, No. 3 |
An Unfinished Task – Banashri Bhattacharya |
August 1996 Vol. III, No. 2 |
Neel Now – IndraniChakravarty |
August 1996 Vol. III, No. 2 |
Sibling Concerns - Dr. Indira Dhanasegaran |
August 1996 Vol. III, No. 2 |
Harish – SarojiniRao |
April 1996Vol. III, No. 1 |
Notes from a sibling – Vandita |
April 1996Vol. III, No. 1 |
Innocent and unchanged – Padmavathi Sunder |
April 1996Vol. III, No. 1 |
“Our sincerest laughter with some pain is fraught”- Jonaki Bhattacharya |
April 1996Vol. III, No. 1 |
Progress and Frustration: A mother’s account from Bombay |
December 1995 Vol. II, No.3 |
A family copes with autism - Dr. V. Abraham |
August 1995 Vol. II, No. 2 |
April 1995 |
