Every child is divine.
We do not say special needs. We say divine children — because their being is not a defect to correct.
Our story
A foundation born of blessings.
Since 2013, we have carried a single, unhurried promise — to walk with divine children with autism and their mothers, in the quiet villages of Tangail and across Bangladesh.
§ 01 — Aim & Objectives
To build a society that holds every child.
"Peace establishing to build our society autism-friendly — providing Special Education, Health Care and Nutrition for our Divine Children with Autism. Need your blessings and cooperation."
I.
Establish peace
A society where difference is met with dignity, not fear.
II.
Educate, heal, nourish
Three pillars — schooling, health and nutrition — delivered without charge.
III.
Build the Autism Village
A self-sufficient autism-friendly settlement on our own land.
PhD Research · Autism & Special Education
§ 02 — Chairman, Chief Executive and Good Will Ambassador
Professor Mohammad Masudur Rahman (Masud Rana Black & White).
PhD Research on Autism and Special Education
Founder, Chairman and Chief Educationist of International Autism Foundation and Black & White Autism School College University of Humanity.
Direct line
+880 1711 351 379
§ 03 — What we believe
Four quiet convictions we do not compromise.
Slow is the only speed.
Our classrooms have no bell. Our calendar has no deadline. The child sets the pace.
The Jungle and Nature are our classroom.
Children heal in open skies, under trees, beside rivers. We teach with the land, not against it.
We are funded by grace.
No corporate sponsors. No conditions. Only the quiet gifts of those who choose not to look away.
§ 04 — The journey
From a single classroom to the Autism Village in the making.
Read the milestones from bottom to top — the foundation is still being written.
1997 — The first note
Black & White English Musical Band
The same devotion that would one day walk with divine children begins on a stage — Masud Rana's first public work.
2013 — The seed
Foundation founded
Masud Rana Black & White opens the first doors of the International Autism Foundation in Madhupur.
2013 — A voice
The Daily Black & White
A daily newspaper rises from the same breath as the Foundation — words and work, side by side.
2013 — A voice for rights
The Daily Human Rights
A second publication joins the first, carrying stories of those the world tends to forget.
2013 — The city
Dhaka office opens
Black & White Point at 31 Sheikh Shaheb Bazar Avenue becomes our urban liaison.
2014 — The journal
International Autism Foundation Journal
A scholarly volume begins to gather what we learn from our divine children — so others, elsewhere, may learn too.
2015 — The research centre
International Autism Research Center
Quiet research, rooted in the jungle, begins to document how divine children heal, play and grow.
2016 — The school
Black & White Autism School College University of Humanity
A campus of humanity inside the Madhupur jungle for divine children with autism.
2017 — A global note
Global Autism Awareness Campaign
The Foundation's voice reaches beyond Bangladesh — partnering, teaching, inviting the world to see.
2019 — The clinic
Monthly free health camps begin
Visiting doctors, dentists and therapists start offering free monthly care to children and mothers.
2021 — The farms
Community kitchens & land cultivation
Our own produce begins feeding the school — food as medicine, grown with the children and their families.
2025 — The forum
International Forum for Divine Children with Autism, Parents, Teachers, Caregivers & Volunteers
A gathering of families, teachers and friends — the Foundation's circle widens into a forum for every hand that holds this work.
Today — The village
Autism Village being built
The long dream: a self-sufficient autism-friendly settlement with classrooms, clinics, farms and family housing.
§ 05 — Our people
The hands that hold the work.
Professor Mohammad Masudur Rahman
Masud Rana Black & White
Chairman, Chief Executive & Good Will Ambassador
PhD Research on Autism & Special Education
Lead Divine Teacher
Special Education Lead
Medical Lead
Monthly Health Camps
Our divine teachers, nurses and volunteers live in and around Madhupur. Their names and faces change with the seasons; their devotion does not.
Join the work
Twelve years in. A hundred to go.
The next chapter of the Foundation is still empty pages. Come write a line.