Autizam je jedan od najčešćih neurorazvojnih poremećaja današnjice. Neki od oblika sa spektra autističnih poremećaja, prema istraživanjima, pogađa svaku 100. osobu na svijetu. Nirvana Pištoljević je stručnjakinja za rani razvoj djece, koja je specijalizirana u oblasti autizma, te direktorica Udruženja za unapređenje obrazovanja i podrške djeci sa i bez teškoća u razvoju- EDUS. Sa Nirvanom smo razgovarali o autizmu ali i o tome šta razlikuje Ivy League univerzitete od ‘običnih’ univerziteta s obzirom na to da je Nirvana magistrirala i doktorirala na Univerzitetu Kolumbija, gdje je bila i predavačica. ---- Autism is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders today. Some of the forms from the spectrum of autistic disorders, according to research, affect every 100th person in the world. Nirvana Pištoljević is an expert in early childhood development, who specialized in autism, and the director of the Association for the Advancement of Education and Support for Children with and Without Developmental Disabilities - EDUS. We talked to Nirvana about autism, but also about the differences between Ivy League Universities and ‘ordinary’ Universities, considering that Nirvana has a master’s degree and a doctorate from Columbia University, where she was also a lecturer.