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June 24, 2025
If there is one thing that I'm really good at, it's seeing my students and loving them for who they are. In order to learn how to do this, you have to be able to see and accept the brain.
June 21, 2025
Too many of my students had parents who dismissed mental health concerns as not real. So I decided to make a video satirizing this
June 19, 2025
May 9, 2025
April 2 2024
Why are people with such different levels of disability grouped together with the same disorder?
February 16, 2024
This is often a reason to celebrate among the late diagnosed. Find out more about my process here.
December 17, 2024
What if Neurotypicals were the ones who were always criticized at school? It's important to realize that a lot of the things neurodivergent's are criticized for often have nothing to do with education or learning.
February 20, 2025
Colorado Association of School Executives:
November 4, 2024
Many neurodivergents will tell you that getting a job is no easy task because you have to get judged on neurotypical communication styles even if they have absolutely nothing to do with job requirements.
In consequence job interviewing tactics can often be very ableist and discriminate against qualified neurodivergent individuals.
August 5, 2024
99% of ADHDers have a strong overwhelming reaction to rejection or perceived rejection. This is called RSD. 1/3 of ADHDers say it's the worst part of ADHD.
July 2, 2024
May 30, 2024
ADHD kids grow up hating themselves because they are constantly reminded of how bad they are
May 22, 2024
I've heard from more than a few people that they don't like labels. Typically this isn't true as we use labels all the time, what people don't like is the label of Autistic or ADHD. This video explains why the label actually helps us to come to more acceptance of ourselves and why you should learn to like it also.
March 27, 2024
I made a flow chart that shows all of the things that I have to think about in order to "hide" my autism and appear "normal"
March 21, 2024
Autistics and ADHDers often seem to have certain areas that they really enjoy and that light them up. Sometimes these things can be seen as obsessions from others but they are really ways to help the brain stay stimulated.
February 8, 2024,
Autistics and neurotypicals often don't understand one another, but that's not because autistic style is awkward; it's just a different culture
January 27, 2024
Our understanding of Autism has grown significantly in the last few years. There are a lot more people who fall under the umbrella of autism but who have been missed because they have learned how to camouflage or "mask" some of its traits.
In this video, I share some of my personal experiences in masking my autism (even from myself)
January 8, 2024
I wrote this to people after I had told them about my AuDHD. Some had a hard time understand why I wanted to label myself as such or why I even qualified so I wrote this to explain. I also wrote this to explain why I needed to tell them.
April 26, 2024
December 31, 2023
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