Who we are
Our Mission
"Ura exists to create a new reality."
Many neurodivergent young adults carry strengths that the world needs: deep focus, methodical thinking, innovative problem-solving, and an unrivalled commitment to routine and quality. Yet across societies including India and globally,employment outcomes for neurodivergent adults remain profoundly inequitable.
In India, only a small fraction of neurodivergent adults are engaged in paid work, even though the law (such as the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act) recognises their right to employment and support. Most remain without structured work opportunities, not because they lack ability, but because workplaces and training systems were never designed to accommodate their way of thinking and learning (Dr. T. Srinivas Rajkumar (2025) Rajkumar, T. S. (2025, June 3).
International data reflects a similar gap: in the UK, for example, just around 30-34% of neurodivergent adults are in employment, compared with over half of all people with disabilities and most of the non-disabled workforce. Many others want to work but face inaccessible hiring practices, sensory challenges, lack of accommodations, and misunderstanding of their communication styles. (House of Commons Library. (2025)
This isn’t a marginal problem, it’s a systemic exclusion that cuts off pathways to independence, purpose, and contribution. It also obscures the fact that neurodivergent individuals often outperform expectations when given the right conditions and supports. (Adler, M. (Simons Foundation, 2024)
What we do
Ura supports neurodivergent children, adolescents, young adults and the families who support them — by providing safe and affirming in-house skill-building and work opportunities, so you need not have to struggle to navigate overwhelming or hostile environments.
We bring the work to you, ensuring dignity, belonging, and a future families can trust.
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At Ura, employment is not an endpoint ,it’s part of a broader ecosystem of meaningful engagement, autonomy, and self-directed life skills. We believe that when the environment adapts to the individual ,rather than forcing the individual to adapt to a rigid environment , everyone benefits.
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​Together, we’re building a future where every neurodivergent individual has dignity, purpose, and the chance to thrive.
Our Approach
At Ura, our work is shaped by the understanding that growth is dynamic. As students change, so does the way they learn, work, communicate, and participate.
Our programs are designed to evolve in sync with each individual, responding to emerging strengths, needs, and life contexts rather than fixed timelines.
Student Journeys
SDG GOALS
Ura supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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How Ura’s Work Advances the SDGs- As a Continuum:
​By addressing health, education, gender, and employment together, Ura tackles inequality at its roots. Autistic individuals, especially those with high support needs are routinely excluded from economic, social, and civic life.
Ura creates pathways that allow individuals to move from dependency to participation, from invisibility to contribution.
This reduces inequality not only for individuals, but across families, communities, and systems that have historically pushed them to the margins.
Inclusion is not symbolic. It is structural.
Skills must lead somewhere, or they become another dead end.
Ura bridges the gap between training and employment through supported work models that prioritise dignity, fairness, and sustainability. Work is adapted to the individual, not the other way around.
Students engage in meaningful, productive work that values consistency, capability, and contribution, challenging the assumption that disabled people are unemployable or only suitable for token roles. Income and responsibility bring autonomy, self-worth, and social recognition.
Decent work is not charity. It is participation.
Once well-being is supported, learning becomes possible.
Ura provides functional, evidence-based education focused on vocational skills, life skills, and communication- areas where autistic learners are most often failed by traditional systems. Education here is not abstract or exam-driven; it is practical, relevant, and immediately applicable to daily life.
Learning is embedded into real tasks, routines, and social contexts, ensuring retention, dignity, and meaning. This form of education equips students with skills they can actually use- at work, at home, and in the community.
Education at Ura is not preparation for life. It is life.
Access to education and skills changes who gets to participate.
Autistic girls and women are significantly underdiagnosed and excluded from vocational pathways. Many never enter training spaces at all. By creating safe, inclusive, and structured learning and work environments, Ura directly counters this invisibility.
Ura’s work also reduces the disproportionate burden of unpaid caregiving carried by women, especially mothers, by enabling young adults to build independence and economic participation. This redistribution of care is a critical, often ignored dimension of gender equality.
When disabled women gain skills and agency, entire family systems rebalance.
Nothing else works if the nervous system is constantly in distress.
Ura begins with health and well-being as the foundation. Many autistic young adults experience chronic anxiety, sensory overload, communication frustration, and trauma from repeated exclusion. Without emotional regulation, predictability, and psychological safety, learning and work are impossible.
Ura’s structured routines, sensory-aware environments, and emphasis on emotional regulation support mental well-being as a daily practice, not an afterthought. By stabilising health and reducing distress, students are able to engage, participate, and remain present.
Well-being is not a prerequisite we demand. It is the condition we build.
"When all of the above are in place, inequality eventually shrinks."
Support our work
Ura is sustained through individual and institutional support that values dignity, continuity, and meaningful work for autistic adults.
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