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

As part of my promotion of my new book The Power of Neurodiversity:  Unleashing the Advantages of Your Neurodivergent Brain (Completely Revised and Updated Second Edition), I’m sharing neurodiversity videos that I’ve done in the  past.  This video is from a virtual keynote that I did for an educational group in Hong Kong in 2023. ...Read More

Everybody wants to find their dream job.  Yet most people, it seems, find themselves in careers that are less than satisfying, and often even pure drudgery.  This shouldn’t be happening.  Everyone deserves to work at an occupation that makes the most of who they are.  In this video, I talk about how knowing your multiple...Read More

Everybody knows that ADHD is a big phenomenon in our culture.  Rates of ADHD in children, teens, and adults have skyrocketed over the past few years.  But there’s problem if you think about it.  ADHD as a diagnostic term has three negatives in it (deficit, hyperactivity, disorder).  Having been an educator for the past fifty...Read More

According to Dr. Howard Gardner, a professor at Harvard University, we need to go beyond the ”IQ” as a measure of intelligence. He suggests that there are at least eight intelligences (possibly nine), including: Word Smart, Number/Logic Smart, Picture Smart, Music Smart, Body Smart, Nature Smart, People Smart, and Self Smart. At ninth intelligence might...Read More