Brookline, Massachusetts — Like most people with autism, 19-year-old Viraj Dhanda of Brookline, Massachusetts, came into this world disguised as a typical baby. Until he was about 18 months old.

When Viraj Dhanda begins his freshman year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he’ll be the university’s first-ever non-speaking student with autism. Diagnosed with autism at age 2, Viraj ...

Although Dhanda is unlike any other MIT applicant, his acceptance letter has proved those who doubted him wrong. Dhanda was diagnosed with autism at two years old. After a variety of therapies, adults ...

The odds of getting admitted to M.I.T. are very slim. A Brookline teenager, Viraj Dhanda, who is nonverbal and autistic, alongside his devoted father, Sumit, pulled this off. It’s never been easy for ...

"There were a lot of milestones he was missing," his father, Sumit Dhanda, told CBS News. "…You know, first the gap is just a little. Then it's bigger. Then it's like a chasm. And now you're starting ...