Tanishq is now eleven years old. He was diagnosed with PDD-NOS at the age of two. He enjoys cooking. During this lockdown, we created a YouTube channel "Wonderful" to share his culinary skills. Our main motto is to inspire his differently-abled friends through this channel.

Tanishq as a child didn't have a sitting tolerance for watching cartoons but he used to spend most of his time watching the channel ‘Food Food’. Most of the programs were short and repeated, so he enjoyed watching them. As a five year old one day when he insisted on flipping dosa with his limited vocabulary, we allowed him and saw that he was able to do that and he could grasp the skill of pouring the dosa batter easily. We realised gradually that he enjoyed cooking and allowed him to assist us while cooking.

As he grew up, he learned to explore YouTube.

In the process, he has come across many other food channels and recipes. He would insist on making something he has watched on YouTube and we would help him replicate it. Our cooking related vocabulary has improved a lot thanks to Tanishq.

He comfortably cooks Indian staples like rice, sambar, sabzi, idli, dosa, chutney, etc.