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Media Publications


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2026/02:  How the Brain Chooses What Matters

Psychology Today
Contributor 🔗 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/hari-srinivasan





2026/02:  Why Perception Isn't Just What We Sense

Psychology Today
Contributor Link 🔗 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/hari-srinivasan


2026/02:  Headphones are not a fix for autism

Psychology Today
Contributor 🔗 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/hari-srinivasan




2026/01:  Why Sensory Relief Isn’t About Quiet

Psychology Today
Contributor 🔗 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/hari-srinivasan



2026/01:  Why Sensory Overload Isn’t About “Too Much”
Psychology Today

Contributor 🔗 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/hari-srinivasan

2026/01:   Masking as an evolutionary advantage
Psychology Today
Contributor 🔗 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/hari-srinivasan



2025/08:  The Physics of Autistic Inertia
American Physiological Association (APS) Observer

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/observer/student-notebook-autistic-inertia-srinivasan.html





2025/05: Autism for Dummies, Wiley
co-wrote foreword with Dr Temple Grandin

https://www.vanderbilt.edu/autismandinnovation/nise-fellow-hari-srinivasan-co-authors-foreword-with-temple-grandin-in-autism-for-dummies/



2025/06: Do You Grow out of Autism? 
Psychology Today

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/giving-voice/202410/do-you-grow-out-of-autism



2025/02: FCAI Spotlight: The Many Layers of Zack Williams 
FCAI Spotlight: The Many Layers of Zack Williams

https://www.vanderbilt.edu/autismandinnovation/fcai-spotlight-the-many-layers-of-zack-williams-by-hari-srinivasan/



2024/10: Psychology Today: How Reasonable are 'Reasonable Accommodations' at Work?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/giving-voice/202410/how-reasonable-are-reasonable-accommodations-at-work



Psychology Today: Caught between Tears and Stoicism

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/giving-voice/202409/caught-between-tears-and-stoicism









Psychology Today: The Spectrum of Loss: Grief Through the Autistic Lens 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/giving-voice/202402/the-spectrum-of-loss-grief-through-the-autistic-lens




Time: The Pervasive Loneliness of Autism

https://time.com/6551520/loneliness-autism-essay/



Newsweek: A Dual Approach to Autism

https://www.newsweek.com/dual-approach-autism-opinion-1818062 




Time: Who Autism Research leaves out. 

https://time.com/6299599/autism-research-limited-essay/



Fortune Magazine: Flexible work critics are using the same arguments that were used against disabled ramps and closed captioning. Equity of access should never be optional

https://fortune.com/2023/07/27/flexible-work-critics-using-same-arguments-were-used-oppose-disabled-ramps-closed-captioning-equity-access-never-optional-remote-work-careers-hari-srinivasan/




Psychology Today: Dignity remains elusive for many disabled people

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/giving-voice/202307/dignity-remains-elusive-for-many-disabled-people




The Boston Globe: Is it better to describe someone as 'autistic' or 'person with autism' https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/22/opinion/autism-disability-person-first-language-identity-first-language-linguistics/



Daily Cal: My last column for the Daily Cal: A Golden Bear Song
https://www.dailycal.org/2022/05/13/a-golden-bear-song/




My poetry-prose: Survival of the Kindest, Truths from a Zoom Reality
in anthology Essential Truths: The Bay Area in Color, ISBN: 978-0-9904173-9-2




Daily Cal: Changing the Social Dynamics of Power and Powerlessness. An Interview with Campus Professor, Dacher Keltner

https://www.dailycal.org/2021/03/05/dacher-keltner-talks-changing-the-social-dynamics-of-power-powerlessness/


















We all Have Multiple Identities
https://www.dailycal.org/2021/02/12/frank-worrell/



 

An interview with Campus Professor and incoming President-Elect of the APA, Dr Frank Worrell 


 











A Boy Like Me
https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2021/02/06/a-boy-like-me/

Commentary on representation of non-autistics in the media.  


 








Self Determination vs Traditional System 


Part 1: 
Part 2: https://www.neuronav.org/post/self-determination-part-ii-interview-with-will





Love Each Other and Wear A Mask
https://www.neuronav.org/post/love-each-other-and-wear-a-mask

 








The Importance of Gratitude
        https://uniquelyhari.blogspot.com/2020/11/Gratitude.html
https://www.neuronav.org/post/the-importance-of-gratitude  








Born into the ADA, The Daily Californian
https://www.dailycal.org/2020/10/23/born-into-the-ada/

 







The Daily Californian: This is our Campus too. Disability in Higher Education
https://www.dailycal.org/2020/10/23/disability-higher-education/


The Daily Californian: Blackness, Blindness and the Impact of Audio Description Services
https://www.dailycal.org/2020/10/22/superfest-disability-film-festival-highlights-blackness-blindness-impact-of-audio-description-services/


The Daily Californian: The Social Dilemma Sheds Light on Utopian Tech World's Dystopian Underbelly
https://www.dailycal.org/2020/09/29/the-social-dilemma-sheds-light-on-utopian-tech-worlds-dystopian-underbelly/


The Daily Californian: ADA 30 in Color Panel discussed lived experiences of Disabled BIPOC on the 30th anniversary of the ADA
https://www.dailycal.org/2020/08/04/ada-30-in-color-panel-discusses-lived-perspectives-of-disabled-bipoc-on-30th-anniversary-of-americans-with-disabilities-act/


The Daily Californian: Alice Wong's Book Launch Panel offers a glimpse into deeply personal aspects of different disabilities
https://www.dailycal.org/2020/08/03/alice-wongs-book-launch-panel-offers-glimpse-into-deeply-lived-personal-aspects-of-different-disabilities/


The Daily Californian: Disability Activists Explain Importance of Authentic Representation in Media
https://www.dailycal.org/2020/07/27/disability-rights-activists-explain-importance-of-authentic-representation-of-disability-in-media/


The Daily Californian: Superfest Shorts examine Increasing Visibility of Disability
https://www.dailycal.org/2020/07/24/superfest-film-shorts-panel-examine-increasing-visibility-of-disability-in-mainstream-film/


 The Daily Californian: Documentary Film Fixed Panel Asks Why Some Bodies are Disposable
https://uniquelyhari.blogspot.com/2020/06/fixed.html


 The Daily Californian: The Real Social Distancing
https://www.dailycal.org/2020/03/27/the-real-social-distancing/



The Daily Californian: A Chilling Waiting Game: Disability and HealthCare during a Pandemic
https://www.dailycal.org/2020/04/04/a-chilling-waiting-game-disability-and-health-care-during-a-pandemic/




The Daily Californian: Towards a Life of Meaning: In Conversation with UC Berkeley Professor, Dacher Keltner
https://www.dailycal.org/2020/01/24/toward-a-life-of-meaning-uc-berkeley-professor-dacher-keltner/





The Daily Californian: The Making and Breaking of Relationships
https://www.dailycal.org/2019/03/17/the-making-and-breaking-of-relationships/



 The Daily Californian: A Continuum of Mental Health
https://www.dailycal.org/2018/11/15/a-continuum-of-mental-health/
In this article for the Daily Cal, I draw upon what I have learned from class and conversations with Prof Steve Hinshaw, Professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley.



 The Daily Californian: Go with an Objective Mind: Neuroscientist V.S Ramachandran on his field and research
https://www.dailycal.org/2018/09/01/ramachandran-neuroscience-autism-research/


 The Daily Californian: Collaboration Cooperation: In Conversation with Disability Rights Activist Judy Heumann
https://www.dailycal.org/2019/11/26/a-conversation-with-disability-rights-activist-judith-heumann/



The Daily Californian: It Really is a Spectrum: The Neurodiversity of Autism at UC Berkeley
https://www.dailycal.org/2019/04/28/it-really-is-a-spectrum/



The Daily Californian: Celebrating Disabilities in the Workplace

https://www.dailycal.org/2019/03/02/celebrating-disabilities-in-the-workplace-disabled-faculty-and-staff-speak-on-challenges-future-steps-for-disability-accommodations-in-employment/




The Daily Californian: Vagaries of English Phraseology: Journey of an autistic through Grammarland
https://uniquelyhari.blogspot.com/2019/04/grammar.html
https://www.dailycal.org/2019/04/07/vagaries-of-english-phraseology-a-personal-essay/




The Daily Californian: Weekly Opinion column at the Daily Cal
My very first task on the staff of The Daily Californian was as Opinion Columnist.

My weekly column "The Person Inside" (total of 10 articles) was published on Thursdays both in Print and online and drew on my lived experiences with Autism.
A full list of the articles in this series is below.
1. Introducing the Daily Cal Opinion Columnists
In this introductory video, the other opinion columnists and I explain what our columns are about. My introduction starts at 3:19
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10155341898910886

2. Communication Conundrum
https://www.dailycal.org/2018/02/15/communication-conundrum/
In my first column, I speak on the importance of communication and presuming competence



3. Nonverbal and College-Bound
https://www.dailycal.org/2018/02/22/nonverbal-and-college-bound/
In my 2nd column, I ask what does it take for a non-speaking autistic like me to access higher education.


4. Sensory Walkabout
https://www.dailycal.org/2018/03/01/sensory-walkabout/
In my 3rd column, I write about the way many of us autistics experience our environment in quite a different and quite an 'extra-ordinary' way.




5. Women in my Life
https://www.dailycal.org/2018/03/08/women-in-life/
In my 4th column, A tribute to the women in my life who gave that extra helping hand.


6. First Transitions
https://www.dailycal.org/2018/03/15/first-transitions/
In my fifth column, I explain the rigidity and difficulty with transitions that can be characteristics of autism



7. Stephen Hawking: Inspiration and Aspiration
https://www.dailycal.org/2018/03/22/stephen-hawking-inspiration/
Along with the world, I mourned the passing of Dr. Stephen Hawking. My sixth column is a tribute and how he influenced my life.



8. The Access Ramp to Volunteering
https://www.dailycal.org/2018/04/05/access-ramp-volunteering/
Lives whether abled or (dis)abled have to be worth living. The importance of volunteering vs just being the recipient of volunteering.



9. Compulsion Complexity
https://www.dailycal.org/2018/04/12/compulsion-complexity/
In my 8th column, I explain the phenomenon of obsessive-compulsive and repetitive behaviors that can often accompany autism.



10. O Body, Where Art Thou?
https://www.dailycal.org/2018/04/19/o-body-where-art-thou/
The lack of Body Awareness is a little known phenomenon in autism. I attempt to explain the neuroscience in my ninth column.



11. The Faces of Autism
https://www.dailycal.org/2018/04/26/the-faces-of-autism/
If you meet one person with autism, you have met just one person with autism. The same diagnosis can have a thousand faces as I explain in my last column.



 The Daily Californian: Lipstick and Pearls on a Dresser - A Short Story
https://www.dailycal.org/2018/02/18/pearls-lipstick-dresser-poem/



The Daily Californian: Renaissance Man - A Poem
https://www.dailycal.org/2020/01/28/renaissance-man/



The Daily Californian: OMG: A Poetry Collection
https://www.dailycal.org/2019/04/30/omg-a-poetry-collection/
A contemplative pursuit from the outer internet to the Inner-Net in search of answers.



The Daily Californian: The Fabric of Love - A Poem
https://www.dailycal.org/2019/02/15/the-fabric-of-love-a-poem/


The Daily Californian: Unbox the Box: For the Love of Men
https://www.dailycal.org/2019/10/11/unbox-the-box-for-the-love-of-men-liz-plank-talks-masculinity-disability-with-victor-pineda/
At a fireside chat, author Liz Plank talks Masculinity-Disability with UC Berkeley Professor Victor Pineda


 The Daily Californian: Autism and Narrative Invention
https://www.dailycal.org/2019/10/11/professor-julia-miele-rodas-discusses-autism-narrative-invention-in-robinson-crusoe-at-wheeler-hall/
Professor Julia Rodas discusses Autism Narrative Invention in "Robinson Cruesoe"


The Daily Californian: 12 Bends - A Astounding Journey of Self-Discovery
https://www.dailycal.org/2019/08/30/12-bends-is-astounding-journey-of-self-discovery/


The Daily Californian: Disability is a Diversity Category
https://www.dailycal.org/2018/10/30/disability-diversity-campus-lecturer-georgina-kleege/
I interview Prof Georgina Kleege on her work and book.


The Daily Californian: Intelligent Lives [Documentary Review]
https://www.dailycal.org/2018/12/17/documentary-film-intelligent-lives/


The Daily Californian: Limits to NoLimits
The shutdown of the Rec Center program for disabled students.
https://www.dailycal.org/2019/10/22/shutdown-of-recreational-sports-facilitys-no-limits-program-leaves-disabled-students-with-new-limits/


The Daily Californian: Own It [Book Review]
https://www.dailycal.org/2019/04/10/in-own-it-make-your-anxiety-work-for-you-caroline-foran-advises-moving-away-from-curing-anxiety/
Author Caroline Foran advices moving away from "curing" anxiety


The Daily Californian: Save The Redwoods League [Local Book Event Launch]
https://www.dailycal.org/2019/01/22/save-the-redwoods-league-book-launch-event/













Destroyer [Film Review]
https://www.dailycal.org/2018/10/11/destroyer-nicole-kidman/


Father of My Children [Film Review]
https://www.dailycal.org/2019/01/31/father-of-my-children-hansen-love/
'Father of my Children' explores nuances of fatherhood, familial obligation



 The Kid Who Would be King: [Film Review]
https://www.dailycal.org/2019/01/26/the-kid-who-would-be-king-offers-humor-moral-lessons-is-a-movie-preteens-will-enjoy/



The Quake [Film Review]
https://www.dailycal.org/2018/12/24/in-the-quake-surviving-a-disaster-not-just-once/






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