The 2026 NeuroTech Frontiers Summit was a special full-circle moment for Aashna Parsa, founder of Youth for Neurodiversity Inc. (YND). From a 13 year-old attendee of the inaugural 2025 summit at the Frist Center of Autism and Innovation in Tennessee, to seven months later at the 2026 summit with a neurodiversity allyship exhibit and live demos of Aashna's app, Ally in Training™. YND is deeply grateful to Aras Sheikhi, CEO of Janus Innovation Hub and visionary organizer of th

Aashna Parsa, Founder, Davidson Young Scholar Growing up, I watched my brother, endlessly curious, turn his voracious reading into a spark that lit up his future. He'd spend hours researching teen healthcare access issues, not because he had to, but because he needed to know more. My mom, his fiercest champion, fought against whispers in our community that labeled him "different." Being undiagnosed herself, she saw his strengths, his hyperfocus and brilliance, where others s