India's verified infrastructure for neurodevelopmental care.
Every family deserves to find the right specialist — without navigating a broken system alone.
Verification Methodology
Engagement Pathways
For you. Your family. Your community. The infrastructure we're building together.
Volunteer
Give 2 hours a week. Help a family find the right specialist. Research verified professionals, assist with verification visits, or spread the word. We train you fully — no prior experience needed.
Volunteer With Us →List Your Practice
You're a who genuinely supports ? Get for free and become discoverable to the individuals and families actively searching for you.
First 50 specialists receive a permanent Verified Founding Member designation
Join the Founding Registry →“We spent four years in Bengaluru. Three different diagnoses, two therapists who'd never worked with a non-verbal child. We didn't know there was a better way to search.”— Parent of an 8-year-old with non-verbal autism, Bengaluru
Composite account based on family surveys. Names withheld.
Operational Context
of India’s healthcare professionals have neurodivergent‑specific training — autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and more.
Your family deserves better odds.
people in India are likely neurodivergent.
The majority have never been properly supported.
That’s how long the average Indian family searches before finding one genuinely equipped professional.
SOUND is ending that.
The problem
Finding credentialed, verified support should not require years of searching.
Across India, individuals and families managing profound autism, severe intellectual disabilities, and complex neurological conditions face the same exhausting reality: there is no reliable, transparent way to know whether a professional, school, or care facility is truly equipped to help.
People spend years — and significant resources — navigating a fragmented system with no verification, no accountability, and no shared knowledge. SOUND is building the infrastructure to change that.
Our approach
Verified. Not just listed.
SOUND verifies every professional through a clear so families stop guessing:
- ✓Real experience with high-support needs and complex situations
- ✓Safe and compassionate crisis support
- ✓Deep respect for neurologically diverse realities and lived experiences
Institutional Charter
We believe every neurologically diverse person deserves professionals who truly understand them.
We believe in careful verification, genuine empathy, and building community — together. We believe that neurodivergent individuals deserve affirming care regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, caste, religion, language, or economic status. Read our full manifesto and add your name to it.
Read the Manifesto & Add Your Name →Get notified when we launch
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