Presuming Competence: The Key to Working with Neurodiversity

Manisha Lad, one of the founders of the Akhil Autism Foundation, shared her experience with her only son, Akhil, who was diagnosed with Autism at only 18 months.

In today’s episode, Manisha talked about the struggles of finding treatments that would improve Akhil’s behavior. Akhil was experiencing a newly emerging view of autism known as “Mind and Body Disconnect”.

In this episode, we get into:·

How was autism treated back then.·

Different treatments that are done for autism·

What is Mind and Body Disconnect·

How to cope with this disconnect.

[00:30] Introduction to Manisha Lad

[07:00] The Turning Point

[10:20] Doing the Opposite

[12:38] Listening to Your Inner Voice

[19:30] Separating Mind and Body

[26:00] Neurodiversity

[27:55] Neurotypical Society