Priya Pasumarthy

Priya Pasumarthy is an educator and an award-winning author of Our Little Promise (2022) and Halloween At Luke’s (2019). Her children’s books have earned accolades, including the LitPick Five-Star Review Award, the Purple Dragonfly Book Award, and the Royal Dragonfly Book Award. In addition to her creative work, Priya is a educational writer with a robust portfolio spanning media outlets such as Autism Digest, Exceptional Needs Today, The Journal of Human Exceptionality, Parenting Special Needs, and Medium. Her essays frequently explore the intersection of special education, student advocacy, and systemic equity—focusing heavily on transforming the IEP process and championing modern, asset-based classroom frameworks. She holds a Master of Science in Marine Biology.

(Here are a few of their publications :# The Benefits of adding a Student Profile in the IEPs,# Adopting a SMART approach while raising Differently Abled kids,#The importance of shifting the negative experiences in the IEP meetings, #Public Perception and the overlapping components of disability with racism,#The Existence of triple AAAs in the IEPs,#Understanding the Many facets of the special education system,#Defining "Idealism" in raising special needs kids, #Healthy Parenting When Raising Differently Abled Children,# Autism Behaviors Explained, #The Role of Respect in Relationships, #My Grandma's House, # Icelandic Memory Lane, # Keys to Autism: Self, #The Paramount role of Understanding in the Autism Journey,# The Power of Attitude & Beliefs in IEP, # SGDs: Helper or Impeder? # The Connection Between Fidelity and IEPS, # Special Education in the U.S.A and # Becoming a Warrior for Someone You Love with Autism.)