NOT THAT DIFFERENT
India's First Allyship Movement To Embrace Neurodiversity
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India's 1st Month-long Online Festival to celebrate neurodiverse strengths
Free Resource- Dhwani:Voices of Practitioners to drive inclusion in Classrooms
Amazing Books By Our Neurodivergent Authors/Allies
Understand differences, make new friends
DHWANI- VOICES FOR INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS
Tiny Tips That Work For Caregivers
Endorsements
"Let's tell our children about neurodiversity"". Talking to neurotypical children about neurodiversity can be tough as we struggle to find the right words. Bookosmia makes these conversations a lot simpler with their comic strips with @SaaraandMadhav and @autismtaleswithmugdha. It is time to teach our children to be inclusive. Because at the end of the day, we are not that different.
Lara BhupatiActor 
"...Not That Different addresses this (subject) uniquely. No lectures. Just a delightful offering using the universally loved medium of comics, making inclusion fun, colourful and aspirational. Familiar everyday characters that children can identify with, and situations from everyday life"
Merry BaruaPioneering Autism Activist and Founder, Action for Autism 
"Not That Different- a pioneering effort in children's publishing- placing the onus of inclusion on the mainstream and viewing the world of neurodiversity from the eyes of a neurotypical child"
Vaishali SoodhAward Winning Journalist and Health Editor, The Quint 
Excellent initiative.Thank you ....for creating something that’s much needed. Should be essential reading in schools.
Valentina TrivediBoard Member, The Doon School 
Titled 'Not That Different', this comic book on Autism gives neurotypical kids a peek into how people with differences, help make the world a better place!
Gopika KapoorAuthor and D&I Consultant 
"A beautiful comic for children to understand their neurodiverse friends...Why it's important! Especially for children to open their minds and hearts, especially for them to learn something that they thought was different, isn't that different, just another form of beauty"
Shruti HaasanActor 
Let's embrace neurodiversity. We are all 'Not That Different'.... Let us now take it forward.
Harsha BhogleCricket Commentator 
Nidhi, Mugdha and Archana have made the 1st ever comic strip that helps kids understand their neurodiverse friends.
Sameera ReddyIndia Actress and Mom 
"The neurodiversity movement views and respects the variation in human brain function and behavior as normal. While the variation is quite common, the understanding of it is quite uncommon, unfortunately. What better way to address this gap than to raise awareness in children through engaging comics created by children!"
Ranga JayaramanDirector, Neurodiversity Pathways & Ex Associate Dean at Stanford 
Celebrities Speaks
"Let's tell our children about neurodiversity"". Talking to neurotypical children about neurodiversity can be tough as we struggle to find the right words. Bookosmia makes these conversations a lot simpler with their comic strips with @SaaraandMadhav and @autismtaleswithmugdha. It is time to teach our children to be inclusive. Because at the end of the day, we are not that different.
Lara BhupatiActress
"...Not That Different addresses this (subject) uniquely. No lectures. Just a delightful offering using the universally loved medium of comics, making inclusion fun, colourful and aspirational. Familiar everyday characters that children can identify with, and situations from everyday life"
Merry BaruaPioneering Autism Activist and Founder, Action for Autism
"Not That Different- a pioneering effort in children's publishing- placing the onus of inclusion on the mainstream and viewing the world of neurodiversity from the eyes of a neurotypical child"
Vaishali SoodhAward Winning Journalist and Health Editor, The Quint
Excellent initiative.Thank you ....for creating something that’s much needed. Should be essential reading in schools.
Valentina TrivediBoard Member, The Doon School
Titled 'Not That Different', this comic book on Autism gives neurotypical kids a peek into how people with differences, help make the world a better place!
Gopika KapoorAuthor and D&I Consultant
"A beautiful comic for children to understand their neurodiverse friends...Why it's important! Especially for children to open their minds and hearts, especially for them to learn something that they thought was different, isn't that different, just another form of beauty"
Shruti HaasanActress
Let's embrace neurodiversity. We are all 'Not That Different'.... Let us now take it forward.
Harsha BhogleCricket Commentator
Nidhi, Mugdha and Archana have made the 1st ever comic strip that helps kids understand their neurodiverse friends.
Sameera ReddyIndia Actress and Mom
"The neurodiversity movement views and respects the variation in human brain function and behavior as normal. While the variation is quite common, the understanding of it is quite uncommon, unfortunately. What better way to address this gap than to raise awareness in children through engaging comics created by children!"
Ranga JayaramanDirector, Neurodiversity Pathways & Ex Associate Dean at Stanford
Our Annual Inclusion Fest
Annual Inclusion Festival
Strengths of our neurodivergent friends featured everyday, from across the country- art/craft/writing/singing/swimming/beading even bollywood quizzing- Whatever you enjoy doing, share with us this November.
The Team behind Our Annual Inclusion Fest
Our Inclusion Fest powers through with graphic design and youtube creatives from neurodivergent students at Ishanya India Foundation
Our Amazing partners in this journey
Media Coverage
How to find and Focus On Strengths- Parent Journeys
Meet Shwetha Srivathsan, parent inclusion advocate, special educator and a respected voice , as she runs the podcast Focusing on Strengths for our Not That Different movement. Shwetha says, “There is so much of conflicting views on the internet about neurodiversity that it would help if parents are able to access reliable resources that would help them work with their child better.”
How other parents of neurodivergent children navigated their set of challenges, celebrate their wins and more importantly how they identified, nurtured and kept their own ambitions in check to ensure their childs strengths is a source of joy to the latter.
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