Shubha Ranganathan is an associate professor in the Department of Liberal Arts at, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. She draws on qualitative approaches and interdisciplinary perspectives in research projects in (mental) health, gender, and disability. She studied local healing practices among marginalised groups and mental health and disability-related issues in India. Grounded in critical and social justice perspectives, her work focuses on lived experiences and the role of advocacy for social change. She is exploring questions about parenting and care in the context of autism as part of her engagement with the neurodiversity discourse.