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Unique job site can help neurodivergent people find meaningful work — while being themselves

Originally posted from Microsoft News - Vanessa ho - 27 April 2022 https://news.microsoft.com/features/unique-job-site-can-help-neurodive...

Clearing Up Some Misconceptions about Neurodiversity | Scientific American | Aiyana Bailin

originally posted June 6, 2019 at: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/clearing-up-some-misconceptions-about-neurodiversity...

7 cool aspects of Autistic Culture

When you are autistic, you spend much of your life feeling very alone. No one can understand why you are melting down because someone bough

Your Autistic child can have a great life. Here’s how. | Robin Roscigno | TEDxMileHigh

Parents of newly diagnosed Autistic children are presented with an overwhelming array of therapies, many of which are very, very expensive.

LinkedIn Discussing DEI initiatives

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6954227594129022976/ For my autistic colleagues, if you feel comfortable sharing:...

pop culture and politics of autism, and neurodiversity

In 2006, Congress passed the Combating Autism Act. When President George W. Bush signed the bill into law, he said, “I am proud to sign this

Ask an Autistic #15 - What are Autistic Meltdowns?

Neurowonderful: https://www.youtube.com/c/neurowonderful What is a meltdown? Why do autistic people have meltdowns? What are the most...

Lauren Ancona - A Sensory-Based Framework for Understanding Neurodivergence

A post from Lauren Ancona on Twitter takes a great look at understanding sensory frameworks. Goals: a non-pathologizing way to...

Highlight Reel from Twitter

It was a bit of a surprise when I noticed #AskADHD was trending on Twitter. Later I noticed #neurodiversity was trending, something I had ne

Autism Doesn’t Hold People Back at Work. Discrimination Does.

Did you know that an autistic professional is up to 140% more productive than an average employee when properly matched to a job that fits t

ADHD and the interest Based Nervous System

Most people are neurologically equipped to determine what’s important and get motivated to do it, even when it doesn’t interest them. Then t

Behind the Mask: Autism for Women and Girls | Kate Kahle | TEDxAustinCollege

As a woman with autism, Kate will talk about the gender discrepancy in autism diagnoses. Women and girls often display completely different

Your Reality might not be mine: Sensory Perception and Empathy

Poppy Crum is a neuroscientist who uses a delicate and provoking play of shifts in perception to show how human misconnection can be...

What is Autism?

What is Autism? It can depend on who you talk to. However there is a general agreement around a number of varying sensory and...

Why are so many autistic adults undiagnosed? Kip Chow TEDxSFU

Contrary to popular belief, many autistic adults are undiagnosed or may not even know they’re autistic. Kip Chow, who was diagnosed as an ad

the 50 steps thought and finding flow

consider that you start learning a new skill could be anything, just something that you are unfamiliar with and have not done before now...

A sports analogy to neurodivergent and neurotypical communication

Imagine that person A has the football skills of Tom Brady and the basketball skills of Michael Jordan. There is also an exact clone of...

#ActuallyAutistic Voices and Stories

understand a situation from another point of view "Travel" processing in terms of a construct dysgraphia supporting teamates Joanna...

Talking to Strangers | Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell, author of multiple best-selling books, including "Outliers", "Blink", "The Tipping Point", and his latest book "Talking to

neurodivergent traits