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The Supporting Neurodiverse Students (SNS) Professional Learning System provides a number of learning opportunities, events and resources for teachers and families who want to learn more about and ...
800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. ... Katie Berg is the statewide coordinator for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's Supporting Neurodiverse Students ...
Matthew Borrevik, 16, left, helps fellow Neurodiverse Student Conservation Corps member Phoenix Lin, 18, center, pull out a tenacious clump of ivy as they help clear the grounds of Bainbridge ...
Neurodivergent people as a demographic may have advantages and skills which neurotypical people do not have. [4] A common advantage is difference of perspective; because the demographic has a different lived experience, individuals in that demographic can speak for themselves to share opinions which often differ from neurotypical people.
Brody and Mills [1997] argue that this population of students "could be considered the most misunderstood of all exceptionalities". [5] In each situation, the twice-exceptional student's strengths help to compensate for deficits; the deficits, on the other hand, make the child's strengths less apparent [6] although as yet there is no empirical research to confirm this theory.
A 2009 study [142] separated 27 students with conditions including autism, dyslexia, developmental coordination disorder, ADHD, and having suffered a stroke into two categories of self-view: "A 'difference' view—where neurodiversity was seen as a difference incorporating a set of strengths and weaknesses, or a 'medical/deficit' view—where ...
Senior lecturer Dr Luke Beardon said the alternative ceremony gave students a choice about how they celebrated their achievements. "It's all about inclusion, accessibility, participation for ...
American actress Daryl Hannah, star of movies such as Splash, Steel Magnolias and Wall Street, was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum as a child. [146] Diagnosed at fifteen, Heather Kuzmich appeared on America's Next Top Model in 2007. [143] Although she did not win the competition, Kuzmich was voted the viewers' favourite eight weeks in ...