Writer and Neurodiversity Advocate Jonathan Mooney talks about being treated like the “stupid, crazy, lazy” kid because of his dyslexia and ADHD and how a more equitable and inclusive education system — and world — would be a game changer in the short and long term for kids with learning differences.
Writer and Neurodiversity Advocate Jonathan Mooney says the words “disability” and “disorder” in diagnoses like learning disability and ADHD pathologize differences.
Governments, educators, families and public health officials face mounting challenges in dealing with autism as the prevalence in the U.S. continues to grow. In the concluding segment in his Autism Now series, Robert MacNeil explores these issues and possible solutions in a roundtable with four autism researchers and advocates.
In the fifth report in his Autism Now series, RobertMacNeil profiles a young man in New Jersey—and his family—as they face an uncertain future for him.
The Library of Congress, in collaboration with the Children’s Book Council (CBC) and Every Child a Reader, inaugurates Jacqueline Woodson as the new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.