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Amol Deshpande

CEO of Farmers Business Network

Jul 28, 2026

1:50
So I often say I, quote unquote, "fell into the autism world way back in 1999." Um, can you take us back to your fall into the autism world when your son was first starting to show signs of autism?
2:05
Yeah.
2:06
Uh, this was, uh, about 12 or 12 and a half years ago.
2:10
Uh, we noticed some signs with him, uh, from a developmental standpoint.
2:14
We knew he was developmentally behind, but didn't really have a sense of what, what the issue was.
2:18
And to be very candid with you, our pediatrician wasn't terribly helpful, uh, on that front, so we were left sort of navigating that situation.
2:25
And it was actually in a preschool setting that we saw that, you know, there was, there was issues.

34 MINS LATER

36:28
So what are some things parents can do right now, um, to, to help their situation?
2:48
I think everyone knows Amol.
2:50
Okay.
2:51
Well, that's flattering.
2:52
I, I am happy to give you the whole background.
2:54
Thank you guys for having me on.
2:57
Um, m- my background, I, I'm an engineer, a Silicon Valley guy for two decades, and in all things, I, I was actually in the agricultural technology sector.
3:08
I built two very large companies.

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20:22
Wow.

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