Hi! My name is Pravin; I am 16 years old and am incredibly passionate about neurodiversity advocacy. Over the last four years, I have had the opportunity to collaborate on my advocacy work with people around the world and hear so many new perspectives as I continue to pursue my work.
During the summer of 2023, I participated in Stanford’s esteemed SNP-REACH program, an international program dedicated to teaching neurodiversity advocacy to youth leaders. In SNP-REACH, I had the incredible opportunity to foster my passion for neurodiversity advocacy by publishing a photojournal with a team of neurodiversity advocates. Our photo journal, Through the Neurodiverse Lens, educates others about neurodiversity through an interactive and informative lens of interviews, misconceptions, creative spotlights, and more. Contrary to the traditional approach of lengthy articles, our photojournal is designed with everyone in mind by focusing on telling stories through a combination of words, photos, and artwork. In our interview section, we strived to get a diverse variety of input from fellow neurodiverse peers along with a professional insight from Dr. Fung, director of the Stanford Neurodiversity Project. We also tackled common misconceptions about different neurodiverse conditions and highlighted the overlooked talents of neurodiverse individuals in our creative spotlight!
The unique lens of developing a photojournal capturing the neurodiverse perspective allowed us to present at Stanford’s International Neurodiversity Summit, where we spread awareness of our advocacy initiative to an international audience. I am so incredibly happy with the work we have done with the photojournal and will continue to do by using the photojournal as an educational platform to raise awareness on the neurodiverse experience. We really hope to publish more editions and continue working on this initiative to spread awareness into the neurodiverse perspective. Please feel free to take a look at the attached link of our first edition and reach out if you have any questions, comments, or feedback.
First Edition: https://online.fliphtml5.com/dxqaf/luge/#p=1