Jason Arday, 37, was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and global development delay when he was just a kid.

He couldn’t speak until he was 11, using sign language to communicate — and he couldn’t read or write until he was 18.

Less than a decade ago, Arday was given a devastating outlook: He would likely need to stay in an assisted living facility.

He refused to make that a reality, writing that he would “work at Oxford or Cambridge” on the wall of his mom’s bedroom, solidifying one of his lifelong goals.

Now, he’s the youngest black professor at the University of Cambridge. He teaches the sociology of education.
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