Learning each other
A lot of what I create begins with my son, Isaac.
Isaac is on the spectrum: curious, intense, funny, brilliant, sensitive, and full of questions that can turn an ordinary day into a whole universe. He has made me think deeply about time, language, feelings, routines, fear, joy, learning, and how differently a mind can experience the world.
For a long time, I thought many of my own struggles were just personal flaws. I thought I was too anxious, too sensitive, too scattered, too intense, too easily overwhelmed. I thought I simply had to try harder.
But through parenting Isaac, I began to recognize patterns in myself too. I realized that I am also on the spectrum. Understanding that has changed the way I look at my life.
It helped me realize that many things I struggled with were not because I was broken or weak. Some things were sensory. Some things were processing. Some things were anxiety. Some things were the exhaustion of trying to function in a world that often assumes everyone’s brain works the same way.
Learning how Isaac thinks has helped me understand how I think.
Learning how to support him has helped me support myself.
Learning how to create structure, visuals, scripts, social stories, routines, and gentle explanations for him has shown me that I also need clarity, predictability, kindness, and room to process. In trying to make the world easier for him to understand, I have started to understand myself more clearly too.
Support with respect and dignity
I believe strongly in the power of behavioural therapy when it is done with respect, care, patience, and dignity.
For our family, behavioural support has not been about forcing a child to become someone else. It has been about understanding what is happening underneath behaviour. It has been about communication, regulation, safety, flexibility, and helping Isaac build skills in ways that make sense to him.
That belief also extends to my own life.
CBT and CPT have changed how I see myself. They helped me notice the stories my anxiety was telling me. They helped me question thoughts that felt true but were not always fair. They helped me understand shame, fear, avoidance, and the way my nervous system tries to protect me.
Because of that work, I function with much less anxiety in my daily life than I used to. I am not “fixed,” and I do not think people need to be fixed. But I am more aware. I am more grounded. I can pause more often. I can name what is happening inside me. I can be kinder to myself.
What I make from that place
This site is where I bring together the things I make from that place.
You will find projects for Isaac: visual schedules, learning tools, social stories, conversation cards, Bangla and multilingual resources, printable books, activity systems, and little experiments that help him learn and feel safe.
You will also find pieces of me: my writing, my ideas, my reflections, my creative projects, my experiments with design and technology, and the many half-formed thoughts that eventually become something useful.
I like making things.
Sometimes that means a printable card.
Sometimes it means a story about the Big Bang that answers Isaac’s question: “When did time start?”
Sometimes it means a Bangla alphabet mat, a Russian alphabet busybook, a visual schedule, a social story, a tiny app, a book, a poster, or a system that helps one hard moment become a little easier.
Figuring it out
I am not doing this because I have everything figured out.
I am doing this because I am figuring things out.
One page, one card, one story, one routine, one repair, one deep breath at a time.
This is a space for the things created for Isaac. For myself.
And maybe for anyone else also trying to make the world a little more understandable, one small tool at a time.