By Heather Parks — 2021
I had an extra mission: To find my way through the maze of the special educational needs system and to understand a whole new culture of neurodiversity.
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Brain differences such as autism, ADHD, and dyslexia are not something to be cured, but something to be embraced as part of human diversity.
Embracing, not fixing, mental differences
Constantly corrected and perpetually punished, many children with ADHD and learning disabilities develop low self-esteem. They begin to believe they’re not good enough or smart enough. Of course, we know that’s not true.
Many teachers are still exploring the nuances of what it means to be a neurodiverse learner and how to create a fully inclusive classroom.
Neurodiversity has become a word frequently bandied about when we talk about schooling, acceptance, psychology, and workplace integration. What is neurodiversity, and why is it so important?
What’s it like to live in a body and brain that functions differently than the majority of your peers? We are not talking about subtle differences—as always exist between any two minds—but rather those individuals who possess an entire mental processing system that is metaphorically blind to much...
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