In this video I explore the big question: why is this disorder [dyslexia] still in the gene pool? One clear reason is that for most of the 300,000 years that humans have been around, reading written words did not exist. There were no remedial reading specialists in prehistoric times! On the other hand, there were...Read More

In this video, #24 in my series introducing my new book (out today!) The Power of Neurodiversity: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Neurodivergent Brain, I focus on several different assets often seen in individuals diagnosed with dyslexia or other language-based learning disabilities. They include mechanical reasoning, an ability and/or propensity to draw, three-dimensional perception, entrepreneurial...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

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

I’m putting together a series of neurodiversity videos to promote my new book The Power of Neurodiversity: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Neurodivergent Brain (Completely Revised and Updated Second Edition). In this video, I explore a major theme in the book that our society constructs mental health diagnoses largely to uphold sacrosanct social values. I...Read More