Discussions and resources aimed at promoting awareness and advocating for the rights and needs of neurodiverse individuals.
By 2013 I had been teaching in mainstream schools for 12 years. I loved my relationships with my students but was frustrated and overwhelmed with paperwork and red tape. A confined curriculum stifled my creativity, and I knew something had to change. A friend of mine worked at Radford House, the only official school for…
When you think of names like Elon Musk, Nikola Tesla, Daryl Hannah, Anthony Hopkins, and Bill Gates, autism might not be the first thing that comes to mind. These individuals are synonymous with success, innovation, and creativity. Yet, they all have or identify as having high-functioning autism (HFA). The increase in autism diagnoses over recent…
