Different,not less.
A boy who loves letters, patterns, movement and rhythm, and who explores the world in his own distinctive way.
Enter his worldA life in numbers
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- Born
- Sunday, 5 April 2015 · 23:26
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The alphabet universe
Every letter is a small universe. Choose one with a tap, a click, or by typing it on your keyboard.
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Y is for Yannis
The letter that starts his name.
say it: “why”
Speech is not available in this browser, so each letter shows how to say it instead.
The name loom
Letters become pattern when they repeat. Type any word and watch it woven into cloth, thread by thread.
Up to 12 letters, A to Z.
The rhythm
of a day
09:00 — 12:00
Letters
Shapes with names. A to Z, and back again.
An illustrative day built from the things he loves. It is not a schedule, and it never shows what he is doing right now.
Letter beats
Every letter of his name keeps its own beat. Switch steps on and off to compose a rhythm, then press play.
Silent mode: the letters dance to the beat without sound.
A sensory canvas
Move, draw and tap to make the letters of his name drift, ripple and sway. You choose how much: turn it down, slow it, or pause it at any time.
An artistic experiment, not a representation of how anyone actually perceives the world. No flashing, and sound only plays when you tap with sound switched on.
Understanding Yannis
Common misunderstandings about people who communicate, learn and experience the world in their own way. Tap each one to look through a different lens. These are general ideas, not claims about what Yannis can or cannot do.
Another way to see it: Communication takes many forms: words, letters, gestures, looks, movement, and silence.
Another way to see it: Thinking can take time. Waiting patiently is a form of respect.
Another way to see it: Repetition and pattern can bring comfort, joy, and a sense of order.
Another way to see it: For some people, movement is how attention works.
Another way to see it: He deserves to be understood, and to be met where he is.
Another way to see it: Different, not less.
DignityPatienceIndividualityPresume competenceListen differently
The journey
2026
- 5 April11th birthdaySunday
Birthdays appear on their own, every year. Other milestones are added only when the family chooses to share them; none are invented here.
A letter to Yannis
Dear Yannis,
You arrived late on a spring night, at twenty-six minutes past eleven, just before the fifth of April turned into the sixth.
Since then you have shown us that the world can be read in more than one way. In the curve of a letter. In a pattern that repeats. In a rhythm only you can hear at first, until we learn to listen.
You do not need to be anyone else. You are different, not less, and you are loved exactly as you are.
With love, always
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A birthday, every 5 April
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5 April, Kathmandu time.
A wish wall
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A postcard for Yannis
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