Writer and Neurodiversity Advocate Jonathan Mooney says that instead of people with learning differences being asked some variation on “What’s your problem?” multiple times a day, people should be asking, “What’s the school’s problem, the work place environment’s problem, the problem with a culture where normal is good and right and difference is deficient?”
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.
Writer and Neurodiversity Advocate Jonathan Mooney talks about how society needs to move away from the moralization of atypical brains and bodies to a more science-based understanding of what drives people’s challenges.
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.
At the start of the pandemic, Dr. Cipriano and her colleagues studied 5,000 educators across the country who expressed record rates of anxiety, frustration, and feelings of being overwhelmed and undervalued.