The school system continues to fail neurodiverse students
Neurodivergence in academic settings is highly misunderstood & under discussed. Below is a master list of information on the reality of being a neurodivergent student in an education system built for neurotypicals; as well as resources and tools to aid students with autism, adhd, dyslexia and more in higher education. Please share this post so it can reach, educate and assist and many people as possible.
**this will be continuously updated. if you have any additions please feel free to message me or send me an ask and i’ll add it to the list!
✰ EDUCATE YOURSELF
NEURODIVERSITY: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
VALUING DIFFERENCES: NEURODIVERSITY IN THE CLASSROOM
ADHD EDUCATION CARRD
AUTISM EDUCATION CARRD
MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT AUTISM
DEALING WITH DYSLEXIA CARRD
TONE INDICATORS CARRD
✰ HELPFUL READS/SELF HELP
NEURODIVERSE SELF-CARE: MANAGING ANXIETY THROUGH CONNECTION
NEURODIVERSITY WELLNESS: LINKS TO SOME GREAT COVID-19 RESOURCES
PREPARING FOR COLLEGE WITH DYSLEXIA
AT UNIVERSITY: THE ART OF SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DISABILITY
HACKING YOUR ADHD - where you can learn techniques for helping your adhd brain
SURVIVING COLLEGE WITH ADHD
GOING TO COLLEGE WITH AUTISM
5 TIPS FOR AUTISTIC STUDENTS STARTING UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE
✰ TOOLS
FOCUS@WILL: an ios & android app designed to increase your focus and attention, Focus@Will uses specially engineered audio in which frequencies similar to the human voice are removed. Why? We are wired to pay attention to them, and they distract us.
FINISH: an app that lets you add tasks and divide them into “short term,” “mid term,” or “long term,” as defined by you.
CLAROSPEAK: ClaroSpeak offers the option of visual highlighting in-sync with the spoken words, a great range of colour and font settings to allow for optimum reading and word prediction to help with writing.
C PEN: The C-Pen Reader is a totally portable, pocket-sized device that reads text aloud with an English, Spanish or French human-like digital voice.
