A monthly meetup where neurodiverse young adults try new things, find their people, and have a genuinely good time.
They’re not a tagline. They’re what actually happens here, month after month.
BOND
Friendship
When school ends and therapy sessions thin out, the everyday rhythms that create friendships stop too. Bond is about rebuilding that. Real connections: the kind where you call each other, make plans, show up.
BUILD
Skills
Social confidence. New abilities. Sometimes a first taste of a vocational interest. A tiramisu workshop isn’t just a fun afternoon, it might be the moment someone discovers they love being in a kitchen. Build is about opening doors, one experience at a time.
BELONG
Claiming space.
Not a separate room, not a special programme tucked away — the actual restaurant, the actual pottery studio, the actual golf course. We go there because we belong there. And being seen there, doing ordinary joyful things, matters.
- "It's also about what the world sees. Every time we're out there — at a café, on a court, in a studio — someone's understanding of what neurodiverse adults look like gets a little bigger."
— Shreya Singhal, Child and Adolescent Psychologist, Trauma Informed Psychotherapist and a Fun Sibling
Not therapy. Not a programme. Just a Sunday, a group of people, and something worth trying together.
Two years in, the Sundays have become something people look forward to. The end of the month means the group. Every event starts with hugs.
Founder’s Note
As a therapist, I hold space for a lot; vulnerability, heavy emotions, and difficult stories. But over the years, I’ve realised healing also needs lightness. It needs fun, movement, friendship, and moments where people can simply enjoy being themselves.
That’s why The Social Spectrum India exists.
What started as a simple idea to create fun, social experiences for neurodivergent young adults slowly became a community built around connection, belonging, and trying new things together.
I didn’t start this to create impact or build something big. I started it because I genuinely enjoy experiences and wanted to create spaces I would love being part of myself. Somewhere along the way, it became much more than that.
Tiramisu workshops. Graffiti sessions. Pickleball. Golf. Kickboxing. Heritage walks. Each month is something different, somewhere new — and always somewhere that belongs to everyone. We don’t have a fixed location. We take public spaces, restaurants, studios, and courts and make them ours.
Just like any group of friends would.
Sometimes all it takes is one fun afternoon to realise: “I can do this too” and suddenly, new friendships, interests, and possibilities don’t feel so far away.
The Social Spectrum is for neurodiverse young adults 16 years and up — including those with autism, ADHD, Down syndrome, and related conditions. No diagnosis required. If this feels like the right fit, that’s enough.
If you’re a parent, sibling, or caregiver reading this: this page is for you too. We know decisions like these are rarely made alone.
The most unexpected thing about two years of doing this: watching real friendships form. Not just people showing up to the same event, but actually connecting. Calling each other. Making plans outside of this. Having their own jokes, without parents in the middle of it.
That shift is huge. And it hasn’t just been for them, families have found community here too.
This month, we’re heading to Uncles for a hands-on
experience of making summer coolers and know your friends better
1. Make our own summer coolers
2. Play games
3. Hang out, laugh, and have fun together
4. Then sit down and enjoy lunch
A fun afternoon of food, friendship, and trying something new —
the Social Spectrum way ✨
21 Jun 2026
12 PM to 2 PM
16 Years and Up
What kinds of things do you do?
Is there a fixed venue?
But there's a deeper reason we do it this way. Exposure matters, and not just for our community. Neurotypical people need to see neurodiverse young adults out in the world, taking up space, doing the same things everyone else does. Not to be stared at. Not to be pitied. Just as a normal part of life. True inclusion isn't a special room set aside for us — it's claiming every room.
We've had moments that reminded us why this matters. At a movie theatre, some of our members were stopped and asked to show ID in a way that other adults around them simply weren't. Our presence that day was a reminder to those around us: neurodiverse adults are here, they go to the movies, and they don't need to be questioned about it. That's the kind of sensitisation that only happens when we're actually in the room.
How are sensory needs handled?
How big are the groups?
What does it cost?
Do parents/caregivers have to stay back?
Can neurotypical people also join in?
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