This Mom Turned Her Son’s Autism Journey Into Hope for 38,000 Families

“I picked up the report, sat in my car, and read it. I went completely numb. I didn’t know whether I should tell my parents, tell my son’s father, or tell anyone at all. I remember staring at those pages and thinking, “How can a group of people sitting in a room decide what my child will become? That day, I promised myself that a diagnosis would explain my son, but it would never define his future.” The memory remains fresh for Neha Tandon even today. It was the end of 2008. On her way to work in Noida, the then-26-year-old stopped to collect a report she had been waiting months for. For ne...