In this video, I highlight nine extraordinary individuals, four from the past and five from the present, who have struggled with mood disorders. At the same time, for each person, I include something that they’ve done with help bring them out of their depressed state. For Lincoln, it was his reciting sad songs and poems,...Read More

This video describes five assistive technology apps that are particularly well-suited for people with mood disorders like major depression or bipolar disorder. These apps include: meditation-mindfulness apps (e.g. Insight Timer), mood trackers (e.g. Moodfit), online live therapy platforms (e.g. TalkSpace), cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)-based apps (e.g. Sanvello), and music apps (e.g. Amazon Music).  ___________________________________________ To...Read More

In this video, I emphasize the importance of making good career choices if you happen to have a mood disorder (or know someone who has one). I make four suggestions to guide your thinking as to job possibilities: jobs that involve helping others manage their emotions (counselor, therapist etc.) since you’ve likely had lots of...Read More

In November, 2015, President Donald Trump was speaking at a rally in South Carolina when he began to criticize a New York Times journalist, Serge Kovaleski, who has arthrogryposis, a congenital condition affecting his joints. Trump’s beef was that the man had allegedly disclaimed having reported that Muslims in New Jersey celebrated the 911 attacks...Read More

Fifteen years ago, I wrote The Power of Neurodiversity:  Unleashing the Advantages of Your Differently Wired Brain.  At the time, few people knew the term neurodiversity, and the sales of the book were slow.  However, in the past several years, neurodiversity has emerged from obscurity to become a word that seems to be on everybody’s...Read More