Writer and Neurodiversity Advocate Jonathan Mooney says, “The only ‘normal’ learner is a learner you don’t know that well,” then discusses changes that could revolutionize the education system — from strength-based IEP planning to accommodations for all learners.
While at Brown University, Writer and Neurodiversity Advocate Jonathan Mooney co-founded Eye to Eye, which started out as a public service project and is now a highly successful national mentoring movement that pairs kids who have learning differences like dyslexia and ADHD with college and high school mentors who have been similarly diagnosed.
Writer and Neurodiversity Advocate Jonathan Mooney says his 4’11” mother who swore like a truck driver and sounded like Minnie Mouse was always in his corner advocating for him, believing in him, fighting for him, and celebrating him.