Cracking college applications is a lot about telling your story in a way that showcases who you are, and catches their attention.

We adults – Educators – Parents - Therapists – Society all must never internalize messages that these special children are less. They are not!

Here are 2 brilliant practices I observed while studying abroad that I wish more Indian institutions and colleges, would adopt and implement.

I was stuck. Deeply, utterly stuck in a situation where we rejoined the family as the poor cousins who needed the goodwill of the others to survive.

Teachers bring their patriarchal conditioning to work, discriminating against girls. And if the family of the student is also patriarchal and supports this world view, then the child suffers.