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Author: Shweta Vaidya

I hail from a small, beautiful town in Himachal Pradesh. Currently based out of Delhi, I am blessed with two wonderful kids; Jai (16 years) and Gauri (7 years). When my son; Jai was diagnosed with Autism, I gave my resignation letter but my company encouraged and supported me immensely. I am still working in the same company. It helps me to divert my mind to other things not related to autism and type1 diabetes. Apart from spending time with my kids and family, I de-stress by swimming and cooking healthy food for my family.

A mother’s bare emotions!

Paroxysm!! I stumbled onto this word while reading an article few years back. I could finally find a word for something that I feel sometimes; the feeling of grief, a sense of some kind of loss, this feeling comes to me strongly in waves. When I came across this word and googled, there was some sense of relief knowing there is a word for what…

The final diagnosis

“Something is not right”, I would say this to myself ever since Jai returned from Grandparents place after eight months. He wasn’t even two. But then I would think of the times when he was growing till 14 months and he had absolutely spot on milestones.. eye contact – tick, sitting crawling walking – tick, understanding language and cues – tick, emotional quotient – bang…