One of the nation’s most well-known and influential neurodiversity advocates is bringing his expertise and counsel to William & Mary this academic year. John Elder Robison, who has used his personal ...

There’s a growing push to focus on our brain differences, not deficits. This wider view of "normal" is a big part of something called neurodiversity. Advocates hope the idea expands how we think of ...

The Neurodiversity Initiative seeks first to serve our campus community and ultimately to be a model for other campuses. The Neurodiversity Working Group, composed of administrators, alumni, community ...

What if we’ve been thinking about our brains in the wrong way? What if traits like ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and others weren’t thought of as “disorders,” but as brain makeups that are not only natural ...

In the late 1990s, a sociologist named Judy Singer—who is on the autism spectrum herself—invented a new word to describe conditions like autism, dyslexia, and ADHD: neurodiversity. In a radical stroke ...

We all know diverse teams perform better. It’s been well documented since Carnegie-Mellon’s Collective Intelligence work was released years ago. Neurodiversity includes conditions such as autism ...

Two sisters have been supporting people living with neurodiversity and helping educate others through their training company. Iveta Pudilova, 24, discovered she was neurodivergent after sister Vera ...

Neurodiversity Pride Day will be observed internationally on June 18, 2024 as a way to celebrate people who have neurologically atypical ways of thinking, learning, and behaving, and to reduce stigma ...

The course is intended to improve understanding and awareness and to empower and give agency to neurodiverse students to ask for adjustments. Early indications are that the course is helpful both for ...

Persistent labor shortages, worker disengagement, falling workforce participation rates, and skills gaps currently define the US economy and labor force. Seldom does a day go by without a headline ...