In this video, part of introducing people to my new book The Power of Neurodiversity: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Neurodivergent Brain (Completely Revised and Updated Second Edition), I talk about seven different strengths associated with autism spectrum disorder. These include:- a gift for detail- enhanced perceptual functioning – doing better on the Raven’s IQ...Read More

I’m doing a series of videos to introduce my new book The Power of Neurodiversity: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Neurodivergent Brain (Completely Revised and Updated Second Edition). In this video (#9 in the series) I point out that most of us relate to different mental disorders or divergencies as isolated entities that are at...Read More

I’m creating a series of videos to introduce my new book The Power of Neurodiversity: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Differently Wired Brain (Completely Revised and Updated Second Edition). In this video, #5 in this series, I talked about positive niche construction or the creation of favorable environmental settings within which a neurodivergent person can...Read More

I’m making a series of videos to introduce my new book The Power of Neurodiversity: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Neurodivergent Brain (Completely Revised and Updated Second Edition). In this video, I take the viewer through some of the key events of the neurodiversity movement, which has its roots in the disability rights movement of...Read More

This is video #5 in a series that promotes my upcoming book The Power of Neurodiversity: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Neurodivergent Brain (Completely Revised and Updated Second Edition)  In this video, I take a concept from evolutionary biology and apply it to human culture. Niche construction is the process through which animals build environments...Read More