In this video (#32 in my series on The Power of Neurodiversity) I talk about the stereotypes that neurotypical people have about those with Down syndrome, which holds that they’re limited in what they can accomplish, that perhaps they can work at a sheltered workshop assembling cardboard boxes or bussing dishes at a fast food...Read More

In this video I discuss the strengths associated with intellectual disabilities. It is especially important to do this because people with intellectual disabilities have been denegrated for over a century because of the dark history of I.Q. testing in America, wherein eugenically-minded psychologists used words like ”moron” and ”imbecile” to describe these individuals, and where...Read More

In this video, I speak about the loneliness that many people with dyslexia can feel, especially if their reading difficulty hasn’t been identified and they’re not receiving any help or support for it. I discuss the ”masking” that can occur as a result, as a way to hide one’s dyslexia. At such times, it’s important...Read More

In this video (#29 in my series introducing my new book The Power of Neurodiversity), I examine how people with dyslexia can modify text using a word processor such as Microsoft Word to make it easier to read. Most word processing programs have many features that we don’t take full advantage of that could make...Read More

This video explores a number of ”work-around” tools that can help dyslexics get meaning from text without their actually having to de-code the words (reading is very important, but not the focus of this video). They include: speech-to-text apps, text-to-speech tools, grammar and spell checkers, AI writing aids, notetaking apps and tools (including the Livescribe...Read More