Excerpts from the Foreword, I got to co-write with Dr Temple Grandin.



I got invited to join Sigma Xi - the scientific honor society

unexpected but super nice. Thank you for the nomination and invitation. Excited to keep building rigorous, accessible science on multisensory processing & peripersonal space in autism with my mentors and team. I’m looking forward to learning from the Sigma Xi community and contributing to conversations about rigorous, accessible science.



 

Society often expects conformity to neurotypical norms rather than attempting to understand diverse expressions of emotion.

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My TedX talk

  My Ted X talk titled "Pebbles in the Pond of Change

Hari Srinivasan, shares a powerful message about the power of small actions in creating ever-widening ripples in the pond of change. Drawing from personal experiences and the legacy of disability rights leaders, he redefines progress as a journey that starts with simple, accessible steps. His inspiring message encourages everyone to identify and act on their own "small pebbles" to drive societal transformation.

Symposium for Community Engagement across Engr & Neuroscience

 
Will be presenting my poster here on Thu


Autistic Inertia

 I have a new article out in APS Observer

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




Brilliant and helpful article by Hari Srinivasan, an academic researcher and expert by experience. Thank you for broadening our knowledge, Hari!!




Highly informative article, Hari. I wish I had encountered this as a resource many years ago. Thank you for publishing it.






 "There’s a danger in misunderstanding and misrepresenting the autistic community, with interventions possibly imposing neurotypical standards of happiness that feel inauthentic or unrelatable. We must ensure that positive psychology reflects the true diversity of autistic experiences and does not oversimplify our needs." - Hari Srinivasan

Read on... https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/aut.2024.38246.pw

New Paper Alert - Anxiety in Autism

 https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/25739581251366856

Beyond Common Reassurances of "Its OK" - The Reality of Anxiety in Autism



"For many autistics, anxiety isn’t just an occasional system alert—it’s a back-
ground process running at max capacity, constantly consuming resources, leading to overheating, and at times, triggering a full system shutdown (meltdown)... Instead of expecting autistics alone to constantly overclock their processing power just to function, we need a fundamental shift in the
base model’s architecture itself."

This article really resonated with me — it captures Autistic anxiety authentically, holistically, and compassionately. I’d highly recommend reading it (if you have access to Autism in Adulthood).

It underlines why schools so often generate anxiety for Autistic children: they function as an intensified microcosm of society, inherently anxiety-evoking in their structures and demands.




Languages carry with them differing ways of conceptualizing ideas, emotions, and social interactions

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 Excerpts from the Foreword, I got to co-write with Dr Temple Grandin.