In 2021-2022, I taught a class for the Bridges Graduate School of Cognitive Diversity in Education.  and created videos from the lectures I gave.  This video is #4 in the 10 video series for the course entitled Introduction to Neurodiversity. The video describes a concept that I’ve adapted from evolutionary biology called niche construction, which...Read More

In this video–which is part two of a ten module course I taught called Introduction to Neurodiversity for the Bridges Graduate School of Cognitive Diversity in Education— I discuss individuals and theories in psychology, education, and business that support a strength-based approach to helping individuals who are neurodivergent (including those diagnosed with ADHD, dyslexia, autism,...Read More

I recently did an interview on my book The Power of Neurodiversity, with Dr. Nelly Nguyen, founder of Applied Life, ”a network of coaches, scientists, educators, business consultants, and above all diverse human beings who think outside the box and embrace curiosity, diversity, and inclusiveness.”  During the interview, we touched on many different topics related...Read More

I just made a video which is now on You Tube that features the 4th in a series of videos I’ve been doing on my novel titled Childless.  Childless is about a childless child psychologist who tries to foil a U.S. government plot to have childhood declared as a medical disorder and removed from the...Read More

This is a blog post that appeared on ASCD’s InService blog, April 19, 2017.  It talks about an article I wrote for the April, 2017 issue of Educational Leadership entitled Neurodiversity:  The Future of Special Education? ”I was a special education teacher for several years back in the 1970s and 1980s.  Although I’d been trained at...Read More