Uniquely Hari

Daily Cal Weekender Meeting

first in-person meeting at Memorial Glade

Caltopia

An in-person Caltopia this year brought out a large crowd of student.

Whence "social distancing!!"

Look at the lines upto the Rec Center which stretched all the way to Sproul

The area around Haas Pavillion was buzzing with activity

with a taekwondo display

Second Mention in Time Magazine

I got a 2nd mention in a Time Magazine Article in an article by Eric Garcia. :)

https://time.com/6092407/autism-making-life-easier/

Last First Day of Senior Year

First last day of senior year

in my senior honors class

Samosa Chat

On UC Berkeley campus enjoying Samosa chat with fellow Calbear David Teplitz.

Our senior year starts next week.

Incoming Lambda

Not enough that we have a delta variant causing grief the world over.

And now there a Lambda variant which is slowly creeping in.

Image Source news-medical.net

Insights on the Complexity of Mental Health & Disability

I was a speaker on this panel by UC Davis Mind Institute on mental health on Aug 6

Recording at https://youtu.be/KEjBtzQvSug

Autism Society Virginia - Summer Speaker Series

Speaking at Autism Society Virginia, Summer Speaker Series on Aug 5

Recording on their website at

Disability is Possibility

Disability is Possibility.
Sweep wide open.
The door of Opportunity.
Recognition, Visibility.
Disability is Possibility.
Disability is Possibility.

Autistic Inertia - I can so relate

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.631596/full?fbclid=IwAR3deHWSI5E7xDJDgnc86aY5koey3JPu7g_u4YTuMHPAJpEisxxeyVCzN6s

"While autism is now recognized as a neurological condition, there is still a tendency to view autistic behavior as social, emotional and volitional rather than the manifestation of a differently functioning brain. Too often, autistic people are considered non-compliant or unmotivated when they fail to act. It would be easy to attribute their inaction to laziness or lack of motivation; however, several characteristics of autistic inertia distinguish it from voluntary task avoidance. First, while one may procrastinate about doing a chore that is aversive, inertia also affects activities the person enjoys. Second, even for tasks that are difficult or unpleasant, a strong enough motivator can activate an avoidant person. By contrast, participants in our study could not overcome their inertia in order to carry out a task that was important to them, often even those driven by basic needs. Third, our participants experienced as much difficulty stopping as starting, so they were not simply avoiding effort. And finally, rather than enjoying their diversion from an undesirable activity, our participants were often frustrated, annoyed and even physically uncomfortable due to their inability to act. While transient lack of motivation and avoidance of undesirable tasks is a normal part of life, this debilitating level of initiation impairment affecting even simple and enjoyable actions is clearly beyond the typical experience."

Keynote - Youth Leadership Forum - Able SC

I was keynote at the Youth Leadership Forum by South Carolina Able on 7/26/21

Instagram post by @YLF_SC
YLF 2021 is in full swing! Delegates have spent the morning building their disability pride and hearing from our keynote speaker, @harisri108 , about how small pieces of self-advocacy can lead to big changes for the disability community!

As Hari said, 'I think when you have a disability, some part of you is always in some kind of self doubt about your capabilities'. For the rest of the day, we are continuing to build our disability pride and work on ways to get past that self doubt to become strong advocates for ourselves and others!

[Image: A computer screen showing a presentation. The presentation read, 'Pebbles in the Pond of Change. Small pebbles count and add to the ripple in that pond of change'. A picture shows 5 pebbles creating a ripple effect in a body of water.]

Chat Comments during webinar

08:02:32 What is Ryan?

08:02:45 A text-to-speech program

08:02:47 his aac voice

08:02:59 mine is called tracy 08:03:25

08:10:32 Well put, Hari. No justice unless there's justice for all!

08:11:25 I completely agree with this video, it's very well put together and nuanced

08:18:28 You've done some really impressive work Hari

08:20:36 thats really cool

08:20:55 Hari just curious why did you make it so someone else is speaking on this slideshow and not you

08:21:13 hari has a speech disability

08:21:23 It's a text to speech program controlled by Hari, so it's still him

08:21:34 he has a speech disability

08:21:53 Ah

08:31:03 Thank you for sharing your story, Hari.

08:31:15 That was awesome Hari

08:31:37 That was amazing hari

08:37:36 i like that

08:38:17 That was very unique Hari

08:38:24 thank you for sharing hari

08:38:47 Great Job Hari!

08:38:54 It's very astute, I was impressed fr

08:41:02 That was amazing harri you did amazing job 👍🏾

08:41:16 I have a question, what do you mean each pebble is our own steps?

08:45:44 Thank you Hari!

08:46:11 Even the tiny things make a difference!