Neurodiversity Education Academy

What are the similarities - and differences - between autism and dyspraxia? https://buff.ly/4buxrDC .

Calling all educators, parents and all other interested parties. Here is a more detailed presentation on "The Importance of Fostering Inclusive Classrooms for Autistic Students". I want to create more resources and tools to support educators and parents, if you have any suggestions or requests please put these in the comments, thank you 😘 Lana Kristine Jelenjev and Tanzania Early Childhood Education and Care (TECEC)

Let's celebrate Disability Pride Month! I'm proud of my disability identity and my journey with deafness and blindness. It's taken me many years to be confident about who I am. I love the celebration and visibility Disability Pride Month provides, and I wish it had existed when I was growing up. Disability Pride Month is now celebrated every July to mark the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. Disability Pride Month is an opportunity for disabled people to unapologetically take up space and share our experiences, identity, and history. We also always advocate for equity and inclusion in society. It's also an opportunity for nondisabled people to learn more about disability, amplify disabled voices, and take concrete action to support our community. The Disability Pride Flag was created by Ann Magill in 2019 and was updated in 2021 to be more inclusive. Each color signifies a different group of disabilities: Red - physical Gold - neurodiversity White/Pale Grey - invisible or undiagnosed Blue - mental health Green - sensory disabilities including blindness + deafness Here are easy ways to celebrate Disability Pride Month: 1. Follow disabled creators, voices, and advocates. Support disabled creators, voices, and advocates by following them and engaging with their content. 2. Watch film/TV made by disabled people and with disabled people as actors. Some examples are: - Crimp Camp - CODA - Special 3. Support disabled entrepreneurs and business owners. 4. Make your content more accessible by adding: - Image Descriptions - Alt Text - Captions on videos - Transcripts - Pascal Case hashtags - And more! How are you celebrating Disability Pride? P.S. Tag any disabled creators, voices, and advocates you recommend in the comments! Image Description: A “Straight Diagonal” version of the Disability Pride Flag: A charcoal grey flag with a diagonal band from the top left to bottom right corner, made up of five parallel stripes (going from bottom up; left to right) in red, gold, pale grey, blue, and green. [From Ann Magill] #DisabilityPride #DisabilityPrideMonth #Disability

Excited to share about HOPE - Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences for our #NeuroEmergence workshop! Happening in less than 30 minutes! You can still join using the link below!

One of the aspects that is often poorly understood about ADHD is that it isn’t actually a deficit in attention but rather difficulty regulating attention. Our attention tends to be inconsistent—although, as Dr. Dodson highlights, it is consistently inconsistent. This is because the ADHD nervous system is a distinct system with unique drivers. Dr. Dodson compares the ADHD interest-based nervous system to an importance-based system, which prioritizes tasks based on importance. The ADHD nervous system doesn’t work this way and has unique drivers that help us get engaged in a task. This is where many ADHD treatments fall short. These treatments often start with the assumption that ADHDers should function like neurotypical systems. There is power in understanding how our system works and learning to work with it instead of against it. Today’s blog post unpacks how to work with this system and expands on the ideas in this post. You can read today's blog here: https://lnkd.in/gfhzgRch You can also grab the interest-based workbook at 25% off this week (use code Interested) available here: https://lnkd.in/g9HjxHJK #ADHD #ADHDNervousSystem #InterestBasedNervousSystem #ADHDTreatment #UnderstandingADHD #ADHDInsights #Neurodivergent #ADHDAwareness #ADHDMotivation #MentalHealth #ADHDLife #NeurodivergentInsights #ADHDMiniSeries

One of things I'm most proud of...... How we are giving away everything for free. The ground-breaking academic research on #NeurodiversityInBusiness is already helping us to #ChangeTheWorld. We are holding a virtual public access event on 10th July. The research leads, Prof Almuth McDowall McDowell and Dr Nancy Doyle, visiting professor, Birkbeck University will present their findings. This year the research has focused on: 👉Improved capture of ND strengths and weaknesses 👉Better capture of wellbeing and engagement 👉Knowledge and support – subtle slights and microaggressions 👉Conflicts and resolution – psychological safety If you would like to attend, please register: https://lnkd.in/gE_zdi62 #Neurodiversity #TeamNiB Image description: An image with a grey background with white wording which reads “Discuss the 2024 Neurodiversity in Business research results. Join our public access event on 10th July (12.30-14:00 online). With the Birkbeck leads of the academic research: Prof Almuth McDowall and Dr Nancy Doyle, visiting professor, Birkbeck University. The NiB and Birkbeck logo are at the top of the image”.