A Mother’s Jihad: Irin Putri’s Fight for Autism Awareness

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In this moving episode, Irin Putri Azmi shares her personal journey as a mother and autism advocate.   What began as a quest to understand her son has grown into a mission — her jihad — to raise awareness through social media, podcasts, and public engagement.  She speaks about nurturing her son’s musical talent, building a future of independence, and creating a society that embraces neurodi  Watch the full podcast now on all Sinar Daily platforms. Let’s rethink how we see autism.   WATCH FULL VIDEO: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sinardaily/videos/1510716419644985  YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq19YPJLXnM&t=121s  #LifeStylePodcast #SinarDaily #AutismAwareness #Neurodiversity #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance

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00:00What I do now is advocacy through my sharing on social media and through podcasts like this.

00:07Yeah, it's part of my, I want to say, it's like my jihad to help raise awareness.

00:14What I do is right now, in terms of autism advocacy, the main reason is for me to help

00:21the society understand autism better because I know that's where the future is where it will

00:29grow and he'll be an adult soon.

00:31So he needs to be in an environment where people understand him as well.

00:35So what I do now is advocacy through my sharing on social media and through podcasts like this.

00:42Yeah, it's part of my, I want to say, it's like my jihad to help raise awareness.

00:49So it's all part and parcel as for Raiz because him and other autistic individuals, because

00:58for him, Alhamdulillah, he has the gift in music.

01:01So I foresee that that could be where he will be able to, you know, one day be independent,

01:08probably get his own income via music.

01:11So besides advocacy, I also, right now I expose his talents, his journey.

01:18Hopefully he will have a strong fan base.

01:22You know, we don't know, we start early so that he has a following so that in the future

01:27he will be, people will know him and probably he has a strong following and it would help

01:34in his future career probably in music.

01:37That's the path that is being created right now for him.

01:44Yeah, so, and for me, to have him, you know, to be like a normal child, I, I, I, it's not

01:53something that I aim because he, he just needs to be himself.

01:57He just needs to be himself and it's others that need to understand him.

02:01Yeah, he's just special in his own ways, right?

02:03And all of us are special in our own ways, isn't it?

02:06So it's like, two days ago I brought him to an event.

02:10It was very crowded, very noisy, but he was fine and he was happy to be there and other

02:16people were not bothered by him just, you know, walking around and, uh, so he didn't

02:21bother anybody, that's one thing.

02:23And others were not, um, uh, say, uh, bothered that he was walking around the room.

02:30So as long as he's not bothering anyone and he's happy, I'm fine.

02:34Okay.

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