Devangana Mishra, Founder & CEO, Brain Bristle explains about Autism spectrum disorder
Autism spectrum disorder is a condition related to brain development that impacts how a person perceives and socialises with others, causing problems in social interaction and communication. The disorder also includes limited and repetitive patterns of behavior. To understand this better, children on the spectrum of autism have multiple dendrites that meet at a synapse- this synapse can easily be filled into, sometimes with their inner rebellion, sometimes by fighting their rebellion with discipline, humor and care. With using knowledge and logic over extreme emotion and fear we can eventually help these children meet and reach big goals. This route of educating a repelling, rebellious mind can be treacherous, difficult, sometimes it can break rules, bonds, ties, societal ways of how things should be done and known. But the only way to create geniuses or find any form of new insight or disruption is through this utmost belief, constant rigour, effort and hope.
Albert Einstein, Elon Musk, Hannah Gadsby, Mozart, Lewis Caroll, Neil Gaiman are all products of tumultuous journeys, of breaking and building, to get from a place of having no control over their minds to finding ground that could give them the pedestal to stand solely on their own is necessary. This can only come through teaching these kids through utter and complete neurotypicality and strength, by providing them with consequences for their behaviors, by teaching these kids oppressed by society to learn their own ways of feeling empowered, learning their own lessons, forming their own morals and rules, figuring their own means to survive and grow.
This is how we can unleash the mind of a child on the spectrum and build them into whole human beings, a personality and style unique to them, which they will boldly hold.
I have been teaching kids on the spectrum of autism for the last fifteen years not by excluding them from society but by including them and exposing them to as much of the real world as possible for them, so that one day, when they get on to a path of independence, they know how to navigate their path through and through to belong where they best belong and know.
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