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- 0:01What
- 0:01do
- 0:01we
- 0:02mean
- 0:02by
- 0:02the
- 0:02phrase
- 0:03stop
- 0:03and
- 0:04pause?
- 0:05And
- 0:06what
- 0:06if
- 0:06the
- 0:06way
- 0:07forward
- 0:07for
- 0:07our
- 0:08schools
- 0:09isn't
- 0:09about
- 0:09standardizing
- 0:10minds,
- 0:11but
- 0:11about
- 0:12understanding
- 0:12them?
- 0:13Every
- 0:14single
- 0:15one.
- 0:15There's
- 0:16so
- 0:16much
- 0:16to
- 0:17talk
- 0:17about.
- 0:17A
- 0:18new
- 0:18episode
- 0:18of
- 0:18the
- 0:18Wheelhouse
- 0:19begins
- 0:20right
- 0:20now.
- 0:33The
- 0:33future
- 0:33of
- 0:33education
- 0:34depends
- 0:34on
- 0:35a
- 0:35radical
- 0:35humanization
- 0:36of
- 0:37schools.
- 0:38Places
- 0:38where
- 0:38hope
- 0:39is
- 0:39cultivated,
- 0:40opportunities
- 0:40are
- 0:41opened,
- 0:41and
- 0:42innovation
- 0:42is
- 0:43harnessed
- 0:43to
- 0:44serve
- 0:44humanity.
- 0:45Only
- 0:46then
- 0:46can
- 0:46we
- 0:47create
- 0:47futures
- 0:48worthy
- 0:48of
- 0:48each
- 0:49student's
- 0:49dreams.
- 0:50We
- 0:50begin
- 0:51by
- 0:51cultivating
- 0:52hope.
- 0:53We
- 0:53ensure
- 0:53possibilities
- 0:54are
- 0:55real
- 0:55and
- 0:55accessible.
- 0:57We
- 0:57design
- 0:58futures
- 0:59rooted
- 1:00in
- 1:00humanity.
- 1:02But
- 1:02the
- 1:02future
- 1:03is
- 1:03already
- 1:03here,
- 1:04and
- 1:04it
- 1:05must
- 1:05be
- 1:05deeply
- 1:06human
- 1:07centered.
- 1:08The
- 1:08Wheelhouse
- 1:09exists
- 1:09to
- 1:10create
- 1:10an
- 1:10inclusive
- 1:11community
- 1:11of
- 1:11empowered
- 1:12educators
- 1:13who
- 1:13believe
- 1:14that
- 1:14together
- 1:14we
- 1:15can
- 1:15disrupt
- 1:15the
- 1:16transactional
- 1:16nature
- 1:16of
- 1:17schooling
- 1:17and
- 1:18reimagine
- 1:18what
- 1:19it
- 1:19means
- 1:19to
- 1:19learn,
- 1:20lead,
- 1:21and
- 1:21belong.
- 1:22We
- 1:22envision
- 1:23districts,
- 1:24schools
- 1:24and
- 1:24classrooms
- 1:25where
- 1:25everyone,
- 1:25every
- 1:25student
- 1:26feels
- 1:26confident,
- 1:27capable,
- 1:28optimistic,
- 1:29well
- 1:29supported,
- 1:30and
- 1:30emboldened
- 1:31to
- 1:31be
- 1:31and
- 1:32to
- 1:32become
- 1:33who
- 1:33they're
- 1:34meant
- 1:34to
- 1:34be.
- 1:35Each
- 1:36episode
- 1:36of
- 1:36the
- 1:36Wheelhouse
- 1:37explores
- 1:37the
- 1:37knowledge,
- 1:38practices,
- 1:39and
- 1:39stories
- 1:40that
- 1:40bring
- 1:40this
- 1:40vision
- 1:41to
- 1:41life.
- 1:42Our
- 1:42team,
- 1:43Kathy
- 1:43mone,
- 1:44Michael
- 1:44Pipa,
- 1:45Dr.
- 1:45Alicia
- 1:46Munro,
- 1:47and
- 1:47I,
- 1:48Dr.
- 1:48Grant
- 1:48Chandler,
- 1:49alongside
- 1:50our
- 1:50guests,
- 1:51take
- 1:51on
- 1:51the
- 1:52fundamental
- 1:52challenge
- 1:53of
- 1:53realizing
- 1:54what
- 1:54we
- 1:55most
- 1:55want
- 1:56every
- 1:56student
- 1:56to
- 1:57experience
- 1:57in
- 1:57school.
- 1:58Dignity,
- 2:00agency,
- 2:01and
- 2:01belonging.
- 2:02In
- 2:03season
- 2:0311,
- 2:04we
- 2:04ask
- 2:04a
- 2:04simple
- 2:05but
- 2:05profound
- 2:05question.
- 2:06Where
- 2:07are
- 2:07we
- 2:07going?
- 2:08We
- 2:08strive
- 2:09toward
- 2:10future
- 2:10ready
- 2:11learning
- 2:11that
- 2:11keeps
- 2:12humanity
- 2:13at
- 2:13its
- 2:13core.
- 2:14Under
- 2:15the
- 2:15theme
- 2:15future
- 2:16Ready
- 2:16Innovation
- 2:17rooted
- 2:17in
- 2:18humanity,
- 2:18we
- 2:19affirm
- 2:20that
- 2:20future
- 2:20readiness
- 2:21is
- 2:21not
- 2:21defined
- 2:22by
- 2:22devices
- 2:22or
- 2:23data,
- 2:24but
- 2:24by
- 2:24our
- 2:24shared
- 2:25humanity.
- 2:27True
- 2:28innovation
- 2:29doesn't
- 2:29replace
- 2:29human
- 2:30connection,
- 2:31it
- 2:31amplifies
- 2:32it.
- 2:33A
- 2:33future
- 2:33ready
- 2:34school
- 2:34prepares
- 2:34students
- 2:35to
- 2:35thrive
- 2:36by
- 2:36honoring
- 2:37their
- 2:37identities,
- 2:38nurturing
- 2:38their
- 2:39creativity,
- 2:40and
- 2:40equipping
- 2:41them
- 2:41to
- 2:41engage
- 2:41with
- 2:42a
- 2:42changing
- 2:42world,
- 2:43all
- 2:44from
- 2:44a
- 2:44place
- 2:44of
- 2:45strength
- 2:46and
- 2:46purpose.
- 2:48Over
- 2:49the
- 2:49past
- 2:49few
- 2:50weeks,
- 2:50we've
- 2:50talked
- 2:51about
- 2:51belief
- 2:51systems
- 2:52that
- 2:52shape
- 2:52our
- 2:53schools,
- 2:53the
- 2:54joy
- 2:54that
- 2:54fuels
- 2:55learning,
- 2:55and
- 2:55the
- 2:56promise
- 2:56of
- 2:56technology
- 2:57when
- 2:57it
- 2:57stays
- 2:58anchored
- 2:59in
- 2:59the
- 2:59human
- 2:59experience.
- 3:01Today,
- 3:02we
- 3:02widen
- 3:03the
- 3:03lens.
- 3:04What
- 3:04if
- 3:05the
- 3:05way
- 3:05forward
- 3:05for
- 3:06schools
- 3:06isn't
- 3:06about
- 3:07standardizing
- 3:08minds,
- 3:08but
- 3:08about
- 3:09understanding
- 3:09them?
- 3:10Every
- 3:11single
- 3:11one.
- 3:12What
- 3:12if
- 3:13innovation
- 3:13doesn't
- 3:13begin
- 3:14with
- 3:14a
- 3:14new
- 3:14device
- 3:15or
- 3:15a
- 3:15policy,
- 3:16but
- 3:16with
- 3:16a
- 3:16deep
- 3:16respect
- 3:17for
- 3:17the
- 3:17full
- 3:18spectrum
- 3:19of
- 3:19how
- 3:19human
- 3:20brains
- 3:20work,
- 3:21feel
- 3:22and
- 3:22create?
- 3:24In
- 3:24this
- 3:24episode,
- 3:24we're
- 3:25stepping
- 3:25into
- 3:25the
- 3:25world
- 3:26of
- 3:26neurodiversity,
- 3:28adhd,
- 3:29autism,
- 3:30dyslexia,
- 3:30and
- 3:31all
- 3:31of
- 3:32the
- 3:32many
- 3:32ways
- 3:33we
- 3:34process
- 3:34the
- 3:35world
- 3:36not
- 3:36as
- 3:36a
- 3:36condition
- 3:37to
- 3:37fix,
- 3:38but
- 3:38as
- 3:39perspectives
- 3:40that
- 3:40expand
- 3:41what's
- 3:41possible.
- 3:42Because
- 3:43when
- 3:43we
- 3:43talk
- 3:43about
- 3:44being
- 3:44future
- 3:45ready,
- 3:45we
- 3:46can't
- 3:46just
- 3:46prepare
- 3:47some
- 3:47minds.
- 3:48We
- 3:49must
- 3:49design
- 3:50for
- 3:51all
- 3:51minds.
- 3:52Today's
- 3:53guest,
- 3:53Chiara
- 3:54Latimer,
- 3:55is
- 3:55the
- 3:55director
- 3:55of
- 3:56the
- 3:56center
- 3:56for
- 3:56Neurodiversity
- 3:57and
- 3:57Autism
- 3:58Path
- 3:58Program
- 3:59at
- 3:59Rowan
- 4:00University.
- 4:01Kiara
- 4:01has
- 4:02dedicated
- 4:02over
- 4:0210
- 4:02years
- 4:03of
- 4:03her
- 4:03career
- 4:03to
- 4:04supporting
- 4:04neurodiverse
- 4:05students
- 4:06in
- 4:06clinical
- 4:07and
- 4:07educational
- 4:07settings.
- 4:08She
- 4:09served
- 4:09as
- 4:09the
- 4:09inaugural
- 4:10co
- 4:10chair
- 4:10of
- 4:11the
- 4:11neurodiversity
- 4:12affinity
- 4:13group
- 4:13for
- 4:13the
- 4:14Eastern
- 4:14association
- 4:15of
- 4:15Colleges
- 4:15and
- 4:16employers.
- 4:17In
- 4:172024,
- 4:18Kiara
- 4:19Latimer
- 4:19was
- 4:19recognized
- 4:20by
- 4:20the
- 4:20South
- 4:21Jersey
- 4:21Biz
- 4:22on
- 4:22the
- 4:22Women
- 4:22to
- 4:22Watch
- 4:23list.
- 4:24With
- 4:24a
- 4:24focus
- 4:25on
- 4:25career
- 4:25readiness
- 4:26and
- 4:26employer
- 4:27education,
- 4:27Khiara
- 4:28continues
- 4:28to
- 4:29promote
- 4:29the
- 4:29importance
- 4:30of
- 4:30empathy
- 4:31and
- 4:31inclusion
- 4:32in
- 4:32the
- 4:32workplace
- 4:33through
- 4:33professional
- 4:34conferences
- 4:35and
- 4:35training
- 4:35for
- 4:36employers.
- 4:37You're
- 4:38listening
- 4:38to
- 4:38season
- 4:3811,
- 4:39episode
- 4:40four
- 4:40of
- 4:40the
- 4:41Wheelhouse,
- 4:41where
- 4:42we're
- 4:42joined
- 4:42by
- 4:43Kiara
- 4:43Latimer
- 4:44for
- 4:44a
- 4:45powerful
- 4:45conversation
- 4:46on
- 4:46innovation
- 4:47rooted
- 4:47in
- 4:48humanity.
- 4:49Let's
- 4:49dive
- 4:49in.
- 4:57Good
- 4:57morning.
- 4:58Happy
- 4:58Tuesday.
- 5:00We
- 5:00are
- 5:00back
- 5:01in
- 5:01the
- 5:01wheelhouse.
- 5:02I'm
- 5:02Dr.
- 5:02Grant
- 5:03Chandler
- 5:03with
- 5:04my
- 5:04amazing
- 5:05friends
- 5:05and
- 5:05colleagues,
- 5:06Kathy
- 5:07Mone,
- 5:07Michael
- 5:07Pipa,
- 5:08and
- 5:08Dr.
- 5:08Alicia
- 5:09Munro.
- 5:09Good
- 5:10morning.
- 5:12Good
- 5:12morning.
- 5:14And
- 5:14once
- 5:15again,
- 5:15a
- 5:15completely
- 5:16unrehearsed
- 5:17choral
- 5:17Good
- 5:17morning.
- 5:18Well,
- 5:18we
- 5:18do
- 5:19have
- 5:19to
- 5:19admit,
- 5:19you
- 5:20know,
- 5:20we
- 5:20make
- 5:20a
- 5:20little
- 5:20eye
- 5:21contact.
- 5:21We're
- 5:22making
- 5:22sure
- 5:22that
- 5:22we
- 5:23do
- 5:23not
- 5:23disappoint
- 5:24you,
- 5:24dear
- 5:25friend.
- 5:25Like,
- 5:26we.
- 5:26We
- 5:26want
- 5:27to
- 5:27make
- 5:27sure.
- 5:27It's
- 5:28just
- 5:28lovely.
- 5:28So,
- 5:29good
- 5:29morning.
- 5:29I
- 5:29saw
- 5:29Michael
- 5:30with
- 5:30that
- 5:30little
- 5:31wink,
- 5:31like,
- 5:31okay,
- 5:32we're
- 5:32ready,
- 5:32right?
- 5:33Yes,
- 5:34yes.
- 5:35We.
- 5:35We
- 5:35are
- 5:35in
- 5:36sync.
- 5:37We
- 5:37are.
- 5:37I
- 5:38am.
- 5:39I
- 5:40say
- 5:40this
- 5:40every
- 5:40week,
- 5:41but
- 5:41this
- 5:41is
- 5:41a
- 5:42topic
- 5:42that
- 5:42I
- 5:42think
- 5:43is
- 5:44really
- 5:44important
- 5:46to
- 5:46the
- 5:46conversation.
- 5:47And
- 5:48it's
- 5:48really
- 5:48important
- 5:49for,
- 5:49as
- 5:49we
- 5:49were
- 5:50bantering
- 5:51before
- 5:51we
- 5:52started,
- 5:52you
- 5:53know,
- 5:54our
- 5:54guests
- 5:55said,
- 5:55you
- 5:55know,
- 5:57you
- 5:57always
- 5:58meet
- 5:58someone
- 5:59who
- 5:59knows
- 6:00someone
- 6:01or
- 6:01has
- 6:01a
- 6:02family
- 6:02member
- 6:03who
- 6:03is
- 6:04right.
- 6:04And
- 6:05so
- 6:05I
- 6:05think
- 6:05this
- 6:05is
- 6:06a
- 6:06really,
- 6:06really
- 6:06important
- 6:07conversation.
- 6:08I'm
- 6:08super
- 6:09excited
- 6:09to
- 6:10have
- 6:10our
- 6:10guest
- 6:11here.
- 6:12And
- 6:12so
- 6:13I'm
- 6:13going
- 6:13to.
- 6:13I
- 6:13want
- 6:13to
- 6:14just
- 6:14kind
- 6:14of
- 6:14introduce
- 6:15the
- 6:15topic,
- 6:15and
- 6:16then
- 6:16I
- 6:16want
- 6:16to
- 6:16welcome
- 6:16her
- 6:17in
- 6:17and
- 6:18we
- 6:18can
- 6:18talk.
- 6:19So,
- 6:19you
- 6:19know,
- 6:19we've
- 6:20been
- 6:20talking
- 6:20about
- 6:21in
- 6:21our.
- 6:21In
- 6:21our
- 6:21pursuit
- 6:22of
- 6:23innovation
- 6:23rooted
- 6:24in
- 6:24humanity,
- 6:24we've
- 6:25talked
- 6:25about
- 6:25belief,
- 6:26we've
- 6:26talked
- 6:26about
- 6:27joy,
- 6:27we've
- 6:28talked
- 6:28about
- 6:28technology.
- 6:30But
- 6:30what
- 6:30happens
- 6:31when
- 6:32we
- 6:32expand
- 6:33our
- 6:33understanding
- 6:34of
- 6:34humanity
- 6:35itself?
- 6:36That's
- 6:36why
- 6:36this
- 6:37topic
- 6:37is
- 6:38so
- 6:38important.
- 6:39When
- 6:39we
- 6:39recognize
- 6:40that
- 6:40every
- 6:41mind,
- 6:42every
- 6:42way
- 6:42of
- 6:43processing,
- 6:44attending
- 6:44or
- 6:44feeling
- 6:45is
- 6:46part
- 6:46of
- 6:46the
- 6:46human
- 6:46story.
- 6:48What
- 6:48would
- 6:48schools
- 6:49look
- 6:49like
- 6:49if
- 6:49they
- 6:49were
- 6:50built
- 6:50for
- 6:51all
- 6:51brains
- 6:52and
- 6:53not
- 6:53just
- 6:53the
- 6:53ones
- 6:54that
- 6:54fit
- 6:54into
- 6:54the
- 6:55mold?
- 6:56If
- 6:56innovation
- 6:56is
- 6:57rooted
- 6:57in
- 6:57humanity,
- 6:58then
- 6:58humanity
- 6:58must
- 6:59include
- 6:59all
- 6:59ways
- 7:00of
- 7:00thinking,
- 7:00right?
- 7:01Thinking,
- 7:02feeling,
- 7:02and
- 7:03being.
- 7:03What
- 7:04if
- 7:05neurodiversity
- 7:06isn't
- 7:07an
- 7:07exception,
- 7:08but
- 7:09it's
- 7:09the
- 7:09key
- 7:10to
- 7:10designing
- 7:11schools
- 7:11that
- 7:11work
- 7:12for
- 7:12everyone,
- 7:14what
- 7:14if
- 7:14the
- 7:14true
- 7:15test
- 7:15of
- 7:15a
- 7:15future
- 7:15ready
- 7:16school
- 7:16is
- 7:17how
- 7:17it
- 7:17serves
- 7:18the
- 7:18brain
- 7:19that
- 7:19doesn't
- 7:20fit
- 7:20the
- 7:20traditional
- 7:21blueprint?
- 7:22I'm
- 7:23so
- 7:23intrigued
- 7:24by
- 7:24this
- 7:24topic,
- 7:25by
- 7:25this
- 7:25work,
- 7:26by
- 7:27the
- 7:27importance
- 7:27of
- 7:28this
- 7:28conversation.
- 7:29And
- 7:29I
- 7:29am
- 7:30thrilled,
- 7:31beyond
- 7:31thrilled,
- 7:32to
- 7:32welcome
- 7:33Chiara
- 7:33Latimer,
- 7:34who's
- 7:34the
- 7:35director
- 7:35of
- 7:36the
- 7:36center
- 7:36for
- 7:36Neurodiversity
- 7:37and
- 7:37PATH
- 7:38at
- 7:38Rowan
- 7:38University,
- 7:40my
- 7:40new
- 7:40friend.
- 7:41Good
- 7:41morning
- 7:42and
- 7:42welcome
- 7:42to
- 7:42the
- 7:42Wheelhouse.
- 7:43Good
- 7:43morning
- 7:44and
- 7:44thank
- 7:44you
- 7:45so
- 7:45much
- 7:45for
- 7:45having
- 7:46me.
- 7:46I'm
- 7:46excited
- 7:47to
- 7:47be
- 7:47here.
- 7:49We
- 7:49are
- 7:49beyond
- 7:49thrilled
- 7:50to
- 7:50be
- 7:50able
- 7:50to
- 7:50pick
- 7:50your
- 7:50brain
- 7:51and
- 7:51to
- 7:51learn
- 7:51from
- 7:51you
- 7:52and
- 7:52to
- 7:52share.
- 7:53So,
- 7:53you
- 7:53know,
- 7:53let's
- 7:54just,
- 7:54you
- 7:54know,
- 7:54I
- 7:55know
- 7:55we've
- 7:55got
- 7:55some
- 7:55questions
- 7:56that
- 7:56we
- 7:56send
- 7:56ahead
- 7:56of
- 7:57time
- 7:57and
- 7:57we
- 7:57can
- 7:57talk
- 7:57about
- 7:57that,
- 7:58but
- 7:58for
- 7:58our
- 7:59listeners
- 7:59who
- 7:59are
- 8:00like,
- 8:01what's
- 8:01neurodiversity?
- 8:02Right.
- 8:03What's
- 8:03this
- 8:03really
- 8:03about?
- 8:04Could
- 8:04you
- 8:04just
- 8:05start
- 8:05us
- 8:06off
- 8:06way
- 8:06up
- 8:06in
- 8:06the,
- 8:07in
- 8:07the
- 8:07stratosphere?
- 8:08What
- 8:08does
- 8:08that
- 8:09term
- 8:09mean?
- 8:10I
- 8:10think
- 8:11that
- 8:11I'm
- 8:11so
- 8:11glad
- 8:11you're
- 8:11starting
- 8:12with
- 8:12that,
- 8:12because
- 8:12that
- 8:13is
- 8:13the
- 8:13question
- 8:13that
- 8:13we
- 8:13often
- 8:14get.
- 8:14Right.
- 8:15People
- 8:15are
- 8:15using
- 8:15language
- 8:16in
- 8:16terms.
- 8:16They
- 8:16don't
- 8:17even
- 8:17know
- 8:17what
- 8:17it
- 8:17means
- 8:19or
- 8:19how
- 8:19to
- 8:19appropriately
- 8:20use
- 8:20language.
- 8:21Right.
- 8:21And
- 8:22so
- 8:22neurodiversity
- 8:23to
- 8:23very,
- 8:23to
- 8:23be
- 8:24very
- 8:24simplistic.
- 8:25Right.
- 8:25Neuro
- 8:25meaning
- 8:26brain.
- 8:26Right.
- 8:27And
- 8:27then
- 8:27diversity.
- 8:28Right.
- 8:28The
- 8:28range.
- 8:29Right.
- 8:29The
- 8:29variation
- 8:30of
- 8:31brain
- 8:31functioning,
- 8:32cognition.
- 8:33And
- 8:34so
- 8:34ultimately,
- 8:35neurodiversity
- 8:36is
- 8:36a
- 8:36way
- 8:37that
- 8:37people,
- 8:37individuals
- 8:38function
- 8:39differently
- 8:39in
- 8:40the
- 8:40world
- 8:40because
- 8:41of
- 8:41brain
- 8:41difference.
- 8:42Right.
- 8:43That
- 8:43doesn't
- 8:43just
- 8:44mean
- 8:44the
- 8:44way
- 8:44someone
- 8:44thinks.
- 8:46So
- 8:46it's
- 8:46not
- 8:46just
- 8:46cognition.
- 8:47It's
- 8:47also
- 8:47how
- 8:48they
- 8:48may
- 8:48choose
- 8:48to
- 8:49behave,
- 8:49how
- 8:50they
- 8:50interact
- 8:50with
- 8:51the
- 8:51environment
- 8:51around
- 8:52them,
- 8:52and
- 8:53how
- 8:53they're
- 8:53impacted
- 8:54also
- 8:54by
- 8:54that
- 8:55environment
- 8:55as
- 8:56well.
- 8:56And
- 8:57so
- 8:57it
- 8:57is
- 8:58like
- 8:58a
- 8:58full
- 8:58range.
- 8:59Right.
- 9:00Of
- 9:00those
- 9:00differences.
- 9:02And
- 9:02oftentimes
- 9:03people
- 9:03say,
- 9:03like,
- 9:04oh,
- 9:04I
- 9:04have
- 9:04neurodiversity.
- 9:05No,
- 9:06that's
- 9:06not
- 9:06true.
- 9:07That's
- 9:07not
- 9:07accurate.
- 9:08Right.
- 9:08Neurodiversity
- 9:09makes
- 9:10up
- 9:10these
- 9:11different
- 9:11brains
- 9:12that
- 9:12exist,
- 9:13and
- 9:13then
- 9:13we
- 9:14are,
- 9:14as
- 9:14a
- 9:14group
- 9:15neurodiverse.
- 9:17An
- 9:17individual
- 9:18can
- 9:18be.
- 9:19Right.
- 9:19Neurodivergent,
- 9:21which
- 9:21would
- 9:21mean
- 9:22that
- 9:22they
- 9:22themselves
- 9:23operate
- 9:24and
- 9:24function
- 9:25in
- 9:25the
- 9:25world
- 9:25in
- 9:26a
- 9:26way
- 9:26that's
- 9:26different
- 9:27than
- 9:27the
- 9:27way
- 9:27the
- 9:27neural
- 9:28majority
- 9:28exists.
- 9:29Right.
- 9:30So
- 9:30those
- 9:31who
- 9:31have
- 9:31been
- 9:31traditionally
- 9:32labeled
- 9:34as,
- 9:34what
- 9:35some
- 9:35people
- 9:35have
- 9:35said
- 9:36as
- 9:36neurotypical
- 9:37previously,
- 9:37but
- 9:38we
- 9:38know
- 9:38no
- 9:38one
- 9:38is
- 9:39normal
- 9:39or
- 9:40typical.
- 9:40Right.
- 9:41Societal
- 9:41standards
- 9:42have
- 9:42led
- 9:42to
- 9:43that.
- 9:44And
- 9:44so
- 9:44it
- 9:45allows
- 9:45us
- 9:45to
- 9:46kind
- 9:46of
- 9:46clarify
- 9:47what's
- 9:48what.
- 9:49And
- 9:49so
- 9:49this
- 9:50term
- 9:51in
- 9:51the
- 9:51United
- 9:52States
- 9:52in
- 9:52particular
- 9:53has
- 9:54not
- 9:54really
- 9:54been
- 9:55used
- 9:56too
- 9:57long,
- 9:57probably
- 9:58like
- 9:58about
- 9:58the
- 9:581990s
- 9:59or
- 9:59so.
- 10:00But
- 10:01there's
- 10:01been
- 10:02a
- 10:02history
- 10:02of
- 10:03neurodivergent
- 10:04people,
- 10:05right,
- 10:05Autistic
- 10:06self
- 10:06advocates
- 10:07especially,
- 10:08who
- 10:08are
- 10:08having
- 10:08conversation
- 10:09related
- 10:10to
- 10:11what
- 10:11is
- 10:11this
- 10:12idea,
- 10:12this
- 10:13brain
- 10:14difference
- 10:14that
- 10:15exists
- 10:16and
- 10:16that
- 10:16it's
- 10:16always
- 10:17existed.
- 10:17We're
- 10:18just
- 10:18now
- 10:18finding
- 10:19terminology
- 10:20to
- 10:20call
- 10:21it
- 10:21to
- 10:21label,
- 10:22to
- 10:22help
- 10:23people
- 10:23find
- 10:23identity
- 10:24in
- 10:24terminology.
- 10:26Well,
- 10:27I
- 10:27can
- 10:27see
- 10:27why
- 10:27you
- 10:28are
- 10:28so
- 10:28well
- 10:28respected
- 10:29because
- 10:29you
- 10:29are
- 10:30brilliant.
- 10:32You
- 10:32just
- 10:33took
- 10:33a
- 10:33very
- 10:34complicated
- 10:35term
- 10:36and
- 10:36a
- 10:36very
- 10:37complicated
- 10:37idea
- 10:38and
- 10:38you
- 10:38made.
- 10:39Made
- 10:39it
- 10:39really,
- 10:40really
- 10:41powerfully
- 10:41easy
- 10:42to
- 10:42understand.
- 10:43So
- 10:44I
- 10:44appreciate
- 10:45that
- 10:45you
- 10:45took
- 10:45the
- 10:46time
- 10:46to
- 10:47talk
- 10:47about
- 10:48that.
- 10:48Why
- 10:49is
- 10:49there
- 10:49before
- 10:50we
- 10:50jump
- 10:50in?
- 10:50And
- 10:50I
- 10:51know
- 10:51looking
- 10:52at
- 10:52Kathy's
- 10:52face,
- 10:52she's
- 10:53ready
- 10:53to
- 10:53ask
- 10:54some
- 10:54questions.
- 10:56Why
- 10:57is
- 10:57there
- 10:57so
- 10:57much
- 10:57confusion
- 10:59around
- 11:00this
- 11:00topic?
- 11:02I
- 11:02think
- 11:02that
- 11:02a
- 11:03lot
- 11:03of
- 11:03the
- 11:03confusion
- 11:04is
- 11:04really
- 11:04rooted
- 11:05in
- 11:06the
- 11:06different
- 11:06bodies,
- 11:07right,
- 11:07that
- 11:07have
- 11:08contributed
- 11:08to
- 11:09this
- 11:09work.
- 11:09And
- 11:10so
- 11:10a
- 11:10lot
- 11:11of
- 11:11it
- 11:11has
- 11:11been
- 11:11that
- 11:12for
- 11:12years,
- 11:12in
- 11:13order
- 11:13for
- 11:13an
- 11:13individual
- 11:14to
- 11:14be
- 11:14recognized
- 11:15as
- 11:15neurodivergent,
- 11:16that
- 11:17was
- 11:17connected
- 11:18to
- 11:19a
- 11:19medical
- 11:19diagnosis,
- 11:20right?
- 11:21And
- 11:21so
- 11:21when
- 11:22you
- 11:22go
- 11:22in
- 11:22for
- 11:22an
- 11:23evaluation,
- 11:24whether
- 11:24it's
- 11:25with
- 11:25a
- 11:25psychologist,
- 11:25psychiatrist,
- 11:26a
- 11:26pediatrician,
- 11:27right,
- 11:27whoever
- 11:28it
- 11:28is,
- 11:29a
- 11:29medical
- 11:29doctor
- 11:30says
- 11:30to
- 11:31you,
- 11:31in
- 11:31some
- 11:31capacity
- 11:33based
- 11:33on
- 11:33these
- 11:34areas,
- 11:35that
- 11:35you
- 11:35have
- 11:35difficulty,
- 11:36you
- 11:37can
- 11:37now
- 11:37receive
- 11:38this
- 11:38diagnosis
- 11:38and
- 11:39get
- 11:39access
- 11:40to
- 11:40support.
- 11:42So
- 11:42thinking
- 11:43about,
- 11:43like
- 11:43the
- 11:43medical
- 11:44model
- 11:44framework,
- 11:45right,
- 11:46that
- 11:46has
- 11:46caused
- 11:46some
- 11:47confusion
- 11:48because
- 11:48a
- 11:49lot
- 11:49of
- 11:49individuals,
- 11:50and
- 11:50specifically
- 11:51self
- 11:52advocates,
- 11:53have
- 11:53kind
- 11:53of
- 11:54rejected
- 11:54this
- 11:54idea
- 11:55of
- 11:55a
- 11:55deficit
- 11:56approach
- 11:56to
- 11:57who
- 11:57they
- 11:57are
- 11:57and
- 11:57how
- 11:58they
- 11:58exist
- 11:58in
- 11:58the
- 11:58world.
- 11:59And.
- 11:59And
- 12:00so
- 12:00unfortunately,
- 12:01though,
- 12:01the
- 12:02way
- 12:02the
- 12:02systems
- 12:02are
- 12:03set
- 12:03up,
- 12:04I
- 12:04have
- 12:04to
- 12:04receive
- 12:05this
- 12:05deficit
- 12:06approach
- 12:07diagnosis
- 12:08or
- 12:08evaluation
- 12:10in
- 12:10order
- 12:10to
- 12:11gain
- 12:11access
- 12:12to
- 12:12services
- 12:13that
- 12:13I
- 12:13may
- 12:13want
- 12:14or
- 12:14need,
- 12:15right?
- 12:16And
- 12:16then
- 12:16the
- 12:17confusion
- 12:17builds
- 12:17even
- 12:18more
- 12:18when
- 12:19you
- 12:19think
- 12:19about
- 12:19those
- 12:20services.
- 12:21How
- 12:21do
- 12:21they
- 12:21operate?
- 12:22We'll
- 12:23leave
- 12:23that
- 12:23for
- 12:24below
- 12:24deck.
- 12:25But
- 12:26the
- 12:27reality
- 12:27is
- 12:29that
- 12:29we
- 12:30have
- 12:31to
- 12:31think
- 12:32about,
- 12:32like,
- 12:32who's
- 12:33playing
- 12:33a
- 12:33part,
- 12:33right?
- 12:34And
- 12:34so
- 12:34there's
- 12:34the
- 12:35systems
- 12:35who
- 12:36are
- 12:36saying,
- 12:36like,
- 12:36hey,
- 12:37this
- 12:37is
- 12:37the
- 12:37way
- 12:37we've
- 12:38done
- 12:38things.
- 12:38This
- 12:38is
- 12:38how
- 12:38we
- 12:39get
- 12:39people
- 12:39access
- 12:39to
- 12:40what
- 12:40they
- 12:40need.
- 12:40And
- 12:41then
- 12:41there
- 12:41are
- 12:41the
- 12:41individuals
- 12:42who
- 12:42are
- 12:42saying,
- 12:43you
- 12:43know,
- 12:43I
- 12:43don't
- 12:44have
- 12:44to
- 12:44have
- 12:44an
- 12:44official
- 12:45diagnosis.
- 12:45I'm
- 12:46choosing
- 12:46to
- 12:46embrace
- 12:47neurodivergence
- 12:48for
- 12:49myself.
- 12:50And
- 12:50whether
- 12:50or
- 12:51not
- 12:51someone
- 12:51writes
- 12:51that
- 12:51down
- 12:52on
- 12:52a
- 12:52sheet
- 12:52of
- 12:52paper,
- 12:54I'm
- 12:54choosing
- 12:54to
- 12:55say,
- 12:55this
- 12:55is
- 12:55how
- 12:55I
- 12:56identify
- 12:56in
- 12:56the
- 12:57world
- 12:57and
- 12:57how
- 12:57I
- 12:57exist.
- 12:58And
- 12:58so
- 12:58I
- 12:59think
- 12:59those
- 12:59two
- 13:00cause
- 13:00a
- 13:00contradiction
- 13:01Right.
- 13:01And
- 13:01therefore
- 13:02cause
- 13:03people
- 13:03to
- 13:03be
- 13:03confused.
- 13:05And
- 13:05it's
- 13:05really
- 13:06not
- 13:06as
- 13:06confusing
- 13:07as
- 13:07people
- 13:07try
- 13:07to
- 13:08make
- 13:08it.
- 13:09But
- 13:09I
- 13:09do
- 13:10believe
- 13:10that
- 13:10the
- 13:11challenge
- 13:11has
- 13:12always
- 13:12been
- 13:13these
- 13:13two
- 13:14kind
- 13:14of
- 13:14differing
- 13:15approaches.
- 13:16Right.
- 13:16Kind
- 13:16of
- 13:17coming
- 13:17to
- 13:17a
- 13:17head
- 13:18and
- 13:18kind
- 13:18of
- 13:19clashing
- 13:19at
- 13:19times.
- 13:21Not
- 13:21all
- 13:21the
- 13:21time,
- 13:22but
- 13:22finding
- 13:23ways
- 13:23now
- 13:23to
- 13:23how
- 13:24can
- 13:24we
- 13:24operate
- 13:25in
- 13:25a
- 13:25world
- 13:26where
- 13:27individuals
- 13:27can
- 13:27choose
- 13:28to
- 13:28embrace
- 13:29their
- 13:29identity
- 13:30and
- 13:30it
- 13:30doesn't
- 13:30have
- 13:31to
- 13:31be
- 13:31so
- 13:31rooted
- 13:32in
- 13:32all
- 13:32of
- 13:32the
- 13:33challenges
- 13:33that
- 13:33they
- 13:34have
- 13:35while
- 13:35also
- 13:36avoiding,
- 13:37you
- 13:37know,
- 13:38this
- 13:38rainbow
- 13:39butterfly,
- 13:39because
- 13:40real
- 13:40people
- 13:40have
- 13:40real
- 13:41challenges
- 13:41every
- 13:42single
- 13:42day.
- 13:43And
- 13:43so
- 13:43we
- 13:43don't
- 13:43want
- 13:43to
- 13:44discredit
- 13:44that
- 13:44either.
- 13:46So
- 13:46I
- 13:46just
- 13:47want
- 13:47to
- 13:47go
- 13:47back
- 13:47for
- 13:48just
- 13:48a
- 13:48moment,
- 13:48and
- 13:48then,
- 13:49Kathy,
- 13:49I'm
- 13:49going
- 13:49to
- 13:49give
- 13:50you
- 13:50the
- 13:50floor.
- 13:52We
- 13:53have
- 13:53been
- 13:53talking
- 13:53since
- 13:53the
- 13:54wheelhouse,
- 13:54since
- 13:55the
- 13:55inception
- 13:55of
- 13:55the
- 13:55wheelhouse,
- 13:56and
- 13:56certainly
- 13:57since
- 13:57we
- 13:57kind
- 13:58of
- 13:58redefined
- 13:58the
- 13:59wheelhouse
- 13:59back
- 14:00in
- 14:00season
- 14:00nine,
- 14:01about
- 14:01how
- 14:02the
- 14:02wheelhouse
- 14:03exists
- 14:04to
- 14:04celebrate
- 14:05and
- 14:05support
- 14:06each
- 14:06student
- 14:08and
- 14:09each
- 14:09of
- 14:10their
- 14:10identities.
- 14:11Right.
- 14:11Like
- 14:11whoever
- 14:12they
- 14:12are
- 14:13and
- 14:13whoever
- 14:14they
- 14:14aspire
- 14:14to
- 14:15be.
- 14:15And
- 14:16so
- 14:16for
- 14:16those
- 14:16of
- 14:16you
- 14:16who
- 14:16are
- 14:17listening,
- 14:17we
- 14:18mean
- 14:18this
- 14:18too.
- 14:20Right.
- 14:21This
- 14:21is
- 14:21also
- 14:22a
- 14:22very,
- 14:23very
- 14:23important
- 14:24part
- 14:24of
- 14:25someone's
- 14:25identity.
- 14:26So
- 14:26when
- 14:26we
- 14:27think
- 14:27about.
- 14:27When
- 14:28we've
- 14:28been
- 14:28talking
- 14:28a
- 14:29lot
- 14:30about
- 14:31black
- 14:31and
- 14:31brown
- 14:31folks,
- 14:32we've
- 14:32been
- 14:32talking
- 14:33a
- 14:33lot
- 14:33about
- 14:33LGBTQIA
- 14:35folks,
- 14:35and
- 14:36we
- 14:36will
- 14:36continue
- 14:37to
- 14:37do
- 14:37so.
- 14:38But
- 14:38we
- 14:38also
- 14:39mean
- 14:40anyone
- 14:40who
- 14:40identifies
- 14:42as
- 14:42neurodivergent.
- 14:44So
- 14:44before
- 14:44Kathy
- 14:45moves
- 14:46into
- 14:46space,
- 14:47please
- 14:47understand,
- 14:47neurodiversity
- 14:49has
- 14:49always
- 14:49been
- 14:49part
- 14:49of
- 14:50the
- 14:50platform.
- 14:51Absolutely.
- 14:52Absolutely
- 14:52right.
- 14:53So
- 14:53I
- 14:53need
- 14:54to
- 14:54uplift
- 14:54that
- 14:55intersectional
- 14:55identity.
- 14:56Kiara
- 14:56and
- 14:57I
- 14:57have
- 14:57been
- 14:57together
- 14:57over
- 14:58five
- 14:58years
- 14:58doing
- 14:59this
- 14:59research.
- 15:00Right.
- 15:01Just
- 15:01recently
- 15:02as
- 15:02a
- 15:02research
- 15:03team,
- 15:03me
- 15:04being
- 15:04the
- 15:04principal
- 15:04investigator
- 15:05of
- 15:06two
- 15:06brilliant
- 15:07researchers
- 15:08and
- 15:09academics
- 15:09and
- 15:09scholars
- 15:11on.
- 15:11And
- 15:12grant,
- 15:12I
- 15:12hope
- 15:13that
- 15:13you
- 15:13place
- 15:14our
- 15:14article
- 15:16that
- 15:16link
- 15:17as
- 15:17part
- 15:17of
- 15:18the
- 15:18intro
- 15:18to
- 15:19this
- 15:19session.
- 15:20Right.
- 15:20To
- 15:21really
- 15:21understand
- 15:22the
- 15:22terminology
- 15:23that
- 15:23Kiara
- 15:24just
- 15:24so
- 15:24eloquently
- 15:25shared
- 15:25with
- 15:26the
- 15:26entire
- 15:27listening
- 15:27audience
- 15:28and
- 15:29to
- 15:29really
- 15:29unpack
- 15:31and
- 15:31dispel
- 15:32the
- 15:32myths
- 15:33around
- 15:34this
- 15:34beautiful
- 15:35mosaic
- 15:36of
- 15:36neurotypes
- 15:37that
- 15:37she's
- 15:37getting
- 15:38ready
- 15:38to
- 15:39introduce
- 15:39to
- 15:39us
- 15:40in
- 15:40this
- 15:40conversation.
- 15:41So
- 15:42for
- 15:42me
- 15:42and
- 15:43for
- 15:43all
- 15:43of
- 15:43us,
- 15:43neurodiversity
- 15:44has
- 15:45always
- 15:45been
- 15:45part
- 15:46of
- 15:46our
- 15:46conversation.
- 15:47Absolutely.
- 15:47Absolutely.
- 15:48And
- 15:49we
- 15:49are
- 15:49lifting
- 15:49it
- 15:49up
- 15:50and
- 15:50reminding
- 15:51everybody
- 15:51that
- 15:51that
- 15:51is
- 15:52a
- 15:52part
- 15:53of
- 15:53this
- 15:53work
- 15:54and
- 15:54a
- 15:54part
- 15:54of
- 15:56the
- 15:56goals
- 15:56and
- 15:56the
- 15:57principles
- 15:57of
- 15:57the
- 15:58wheelhouse.
- 15:58Kathy.
- 15:59Yeah,
- 16:00I
- 16:00mean,
- 16:00Chiara,
- 16:00as
- 16:01you
- 16:01were
- 16:01speaking,
- 16:03I
- 16:04am
- 16:05a
- 16:05practitioner
- 16:06in
- 16:06the
- 16:06K12
- 16:07space.
- 16:07And
- 16:08so
- 16:09I,
- 16:10you
- 16:10know,
- 16:10regularly
- 16:12experience
- 16:13this.
- 16:16This,
- 16:16you
- 16:17know,
- 16:17platform
- 16:18to
- 16:18where
- 16:18there's
- 16:19this
- 16:19you
- 16:19know,
- 16:19we're
- 16:20going
- 16:20to
- 16:20come
- 16:20at
- 16:20it
- 16:20with
- 16:20a
- 16:20deficit
- 16:21model,
- 16:22but
- 16:22then
- 16:22there's
- 16:22this
- 16:23advocacy
- 16:23around,
- 16:24okay,
- 16:24but
- 16:25I,
- 16:25it,
- 16:25I
- 16:25exist
- 16:26and
- 16:26it's
- 16:27not
- 16:27about
- 16:27deficits.
- 16:28So
- 16:30it
- 16:30is,
- 16:31it
- 16:31is
- 16:31interesting
- 16:32to
- 16:32watch
- 16:33individuals,
- 16:35adults
- 16:36get
- 16:36into
- 16:36that
- 16:37space
- 16:37of
- 16:38advocating
- 16:38for
- 16:39themselves.
- 16:40What's
- 16:41most
- 16:41challenging
- 16:43is
- 16:43having
- 16:44children
- 16:45when
- 16:46you're
- 16:46thinking
- 16:46about,
- 16:47you
- 16:47know,
- 16:474
- 16:48to
- 16:4918,
- 16:4919
- 16:50year
- 16:50olds
- 16:51that
- 16:52don't
- 16:52understand
- 16:54what's
- 16:54happening
- 16:55and
- 16:55where
- 16:55they
- 16:55fit
- 16:56and
- 16:56they're
- 16:57in
- 16:57this
- 16:57space
- 16:57of
- 16:58negativity
- 16:59and
- 17:00deficit
- 17:01model,
- 17:01all
- 17:01of
- 17:01the,
- 17:02and
- 17:02their
- 17:02parents
- 17:03not
- 17:03understanding
- 17:05what's
- 17:05going
- 17:05on
- 17:06and
- 17:06how
- 17:06to
- 17:06advocate
- 17:08necessarily
- 17:08for
- 17:09their
- 17:09children.
- 17:10And
- 17:11then
- 17:11it's
- 17:11this
- 17:11beat
- 17:12down
- 17:12of,
- 17:13well,
- 17:13something's
- 17:14wrong
- 17:14with
- 17:14me,
- 17:14something's
- 17:15wrong
- 17:15with
- 17:15me
- 17:16and
- 17:16something's
- 17:16wrong
- 17:16with
- 17:17my
- 17:17child.
- 17:17And
- 17:18so
- 17:18all
- 17:18of
- 17:18these
- 17:19pieces
- 17:20around
- 17:22when
- 17:23you
- 17:23become
- 17:24old
- 17:24enough
- 17:25and
- 17:25why,
- 17:25you
- 17:26know,
- 17:26to
- 17:26the
- 17:26point
- 17:26of,
- 17:27okay,
- 17:27wait
- 17:28a
- 17:28minute,
- 17:31how
- 17:31do
- 17:31we
- 17:32combat
- 17:32that
- 17:33in
- 17:33this
- 17:33space
- 17:34of,
- 17:35as
- 17:35an
- 17:35educator,
- 17:37when
- 17:37I'm
- 17:37living
- 17:38and
- 17:38breathing
- 17:39that
- 17:40and
- 17:41not
- 17:41fully
- 17:41understanding
- 17:42it,
- 17:43along
- 17:44with
- 17:44all
- 17:44of
- 17:44these
- 17:45other
- 17:45pieces
- 17:45that
- 17:46are
- 17:46coming
- 17:46at
- 17:46me
- 17:47that
- 17:47I've
- 17:47got
- 17:47to
- 17:47learn,
- 17:48I've
- 17:48got
- 17:48to
- 17:48understand.
- 17:50And
- 17:51I
- 17:51know
- 17:51that's
- 17:52a
- 17:52lot
- 17:52that
- 17:52I
- 17:53just
- 17:53put
- 17:53on
- 17:53the
- 17:53table,
- 17:54but
- 17:54that's
- 17:54the
- 17:54reality
- 17:55is
- 17:55that
- 17:58it
- 17:58is
- 17:59very
- 17:59difficult
- 18:01for
- 18:02children,
- 18:03especially
- 18:04who
- 18:05don't
- 18:05understand
- 18:05what's
- 18:06happening
- 18:07and
- 18:08they're
- 18:08being
- 18:09told
- 18:10and
- 18:10taught
- 18:11over
- 18:11and
- 18:11over
- 18:11again
- 18:13that
- 18:13there
- 18:13is
- 18:14a
- 18:14deficit,
- 18:15that
- 18:15something
- 18:16is
- 18:16wrong
- 18:16with
- 18:17them.
- 18:18Yeah,
- 18:18I,
- 18:19I
- 18:20will
- 18:20kind
- 18:21of
- 18:21go
- 18:21back
- 18:21to
- 18:21part
- 18:22of
- 18:22what
- 18:22I
- 18:22said
- 18:22earlier,
- 18:23which
- 18:23is
- 18:23that,
- 18:24you
- 18:24know,
- 18:24in
- 18:24no
- 18:24way
- 18:25do
- 18:25I
- 18:25want
- 18:25to
- 18:25minimize
- 18:26that.
- 18:26There
- 18:26are
- 18:26real
- 18:27challenges
- 18:27that
- 18:27individuals
- 18:28face
- 18:29every
- 18:29single
- 18:29day.
- 18:30And
- 18:30I
- 18:30say
- 18:30that
- 18:31because,
- 18:32like,
- 18:32I
- 18:32recently
- 18:32had
- 18:32a
- 18:33conversation
- 18:33with
- 18:33a
- 18:33student
- 18:34who
- 18:34just
- 18:34said,
- 18:34you
- 18:34know,
- 18:35someone
- 18:35was
- 18:35like,
- 18:36this
- 18:36is
- 18:36my
- 18:36superpower.
- 18:37Right.
- 18:38And
- 18:38they
- 18:38were
- 18:38like,
- 18:39for
- 18:40years
- 18:40though,
- 18:41I
- 18:41have
- 18:42had
- 18:42to
- 18:42combat
- 18:43this
- 18:43thought
- 18:44that
- 18:45there
- 18:45are
- 18:45things
- 18:46that
- 18:46I
- 18:46don't
- 18:47do
- 18:47well
- 18:48and
- 18:48it
- 18:49is
- 18:49related
- 18:49to
- 18:50this
- 18:50part
- 18:50of
- 18:50my
- 18:50identity,
- 18:51but
- 18:52then
- 18:52there
- 18:52are
- 18:52things
- 18:52I
- 18:53also
- 18:53do
- 18:54exceptional
- 18:55because
- 18:55it
- 18:55is
- 18:56part
- 18:56of
- 18:56my
- 18:56identity.
- 18:57And
- 18:57so
- 18:58I
- 18:58love
- 18:59that
- 18:59he
- 18:59was
- 19:00basically
- 19:00just
- 19:00kind
- 19:00of
- 19:00sharing
- 19:01that.
- 19:02We
- 19:02don't
- 19:02have
- 19:03to
- 19:04minimize
- 19:05either
- 19:06side
- 19:06of
- 19:06it.
- 19:07We
- 19:07do
- 19:08just
- 19:08need
- 19:08to
- 19:08give
- 19:08acknowledgement
- 19:09to
- 19:10both.
- 19:11And
- 19:11I
- 19:11think
- 19:11that
- 19:12one
- 19:12of
- 19:12the
- 19:12areas
- 19:13that
- 19:14can
- 19:14be
- 19:14challenging
- 19:15is
- 19:16as
- 19:16practitioners
- 19:17and
- 19:17educators,
- 19:18sometimes
- 19:19we're
- 19:19taught
- 19:20from
- 19:21a
- 19:21historical
- 19:21model
- 19:22that
- 19:22is
- 19:23about
- 19:23just
- 19:23one
- 19:24side.
- 19:24Right.
- 19:24Which
- 19:25may
- 19:25be
- 19:25how
- 19:25to
- 19:25identify
- 19:26the
- 19:26challenges
- 19:27or
- 19:27when
- 19:27you
- 19:27see
- 19:28these
- 19:28challenges,
- 19:29you
- 19:29know,
- 19:29we
- 19:30need
- 19:30to
- 19:30make
- 19:30referrals,
- 19:31we
- 19:31need
- 19:31to
- 19:31be
- 19:31acting,
- 19:32we
- 19:32need
- 19:32to
- 19:32be
- 19:33doing
- 19:33or
- 19:33saying
- 19:33Something,
- 19:34however,
- 19:35the
- 19:35way
- 19:35that
- 19:36we
- 19:36talk
- 19:36about
- 19:37it
- 19:37can
- 19:37make
- 19:38a
- 19:38difference
- 19:38the
- 19:38language
- 19:39that
- 19:39we
- 19:39choose
- 19:39to
- 19:40use.
- 19:41And
- 19:41Dr.
- 19:41Zosa
- 19:42Zaks
- 19:42wrote
- 19:42this
- 19:42wonderful
- 19:43article
- 19:44about
- 19:44how
- 19:44basically
- 19:45we
- 19:45can
- 19:45be
- 19:45neuro
- 19:46affirming
- 19:47and
- 19:47using
- 19:48basically
- 19:49autistic
- 19:50professionals.
- 19:51Right.
- 19:52As
- 19:52the
- 19:52paradigm
- 19:52shift,
- 19:53which
- 19:53is
- 19:53I
- 19:53think
- 19:54the
- 19:54title
- 19:54of
- 19:54his
- 19:54article.
- 19:55And
- 19:55so
- 19:56there
- 19:56are
- 19:56individuals
- 19:57who
- 19:58not
- 19:58only
- 19:58identify
- 19:59as
- 19:59members
- 20:00of
- 20:00the
- 20:00community,
- 20:01but
- 20:01are
- 20:01also
- 20:02practitioners
- 20:03who
- 20:03are
- 20:03educators
- 20:04who
- 20:05can
- 20:05say,
- 20:06you
- 20:06know,
- 20:06let's
- 20:07think
- 20:07about
- 20:07how
- 20:08we
- 20:08can
- 20:08adapt
- 20:09what
- 20:09we're
- 20:09doing
- 20:10to
- 20:10be
- 20:11more
- 20:11neural
- 20:11affirming
- 20:13so
- 20:13that
- 20:13children,
- 20:15teenagers,
- 20:16young
- 20:17adults
- 20:18are
- 20:18not
- 20:18only
- 20:19hearing,
- 20:20you
- 20:20can't,
- 20:20you
- 20:20can't,
- 20:21you
- 20:21won't,
- 20:21you
- 20:21won't,
- 20:22but
- 20:22they're
- 20:23also
- 20:23hearing,
- 20:24you
- 20:25can.
- 20:26It
- 20:27may
- 20:27take
- 20:29X,
- 20:29right?
- 20:30You
- 20:30can,
- 20:31it
- 20:32may
- 20:32take
- 20:33longer,
- 20:34you
- 20:34can,
- 20:35but
- 20:36you
- 20:36may
- 20:36not
- 20:36want
- 20:37to.
- 20:38That's
- 20:39just
- 20:39the
- 20:39reality
- 20:40of
- 20:40it
- 20:41sometimes.
- 20:42And
- 20:42when
- 20:42I
- 20:43say
- 20:43that,
- 20:43you
- 20:43know,
- 20:43we
- 20:44hear
- 20:44parents
- 20:44and
- 20:45individuals
- 20:45share
- 20:46educators
- 20:46like
- 20:47they
- 20:47don't
- 20:47have
- 20:47any
- 20:48friends
- 20:48or
- 20:49no
- 20:49one's
- 20:49playing
- 20:49with
- 20:49them.
- 20:50They
- 20:50seem
- 20:50to
- 20:50only
- 20:50engage
- 20:51in
- 20:51parallel
- 20:52play.
- 20:52Right.
- 20:52These
- 20:53are
- 20:53the
- 20:53types
- 20:53of
- 20:53comments
- 20:54that
- 20:54are
- 20:54made.
- 20:55I
- 20:55don't
- 20:56want
- 20:56to
- 20:56play
- 20:56with
- 20:56you
- 20:57right
- 20:57now
- 20:58and
- 20:59I
- 20:59don't
- 21:00feel
- 21:00lonely.
- 21:01Which
- 21:01could
- 21:02be
- 21:02the
- 21:02case
- 21:02for
- 21:02some
- 21:02individuals.
- 21:04That's
- 21:04all
- 21:04shaped
- 21:05by
- 21:06our
- 21:06right
- 21:07views
- 21:07as
- 21:07part
- 21:07of
- 21:08the
- 21:08neuro
- 21:08majority
- 21:09of
- 21:09what
- 21:10it
- 21:10looks
- 21:10like
- 21:10to
- 21:11have
- 21:11happiness
- 21:12or
- 21:12to
- 21:12be
- 21:13in
- 21:13part
- 21:14of
- 21:14a
- 21:14group.
- 21:15Those
- 21:15may
- 21:15not
- 21:16always
- 21:16be
- 21:16the
- 21:16same
- 21:16shared
- 21:17feelings.
- 21:17And
- 21:17so
- 21:18we
- 21:18really
- 21:18have
- 21:18to
- 21:18take
- 21:18a
- 21:18step
- 21:19back,
- 21:19I
- 21:20think,
- 21:20and
- 21:21allow
- 21:21ourselves
- 21:23to
- 21:24one
- 21:25review
- 21:25the
- 21:25language
- 21:25of
- 21:26course,
- 21:26that
- 21:26we're
- 21:26using
- 21:27when
- 21:27we're
- 21:27describing
- 21:28things.
- 21:29And
- 21:29as
- 21:29someone
- 21:29who
- 21:29used
- 21:30to
- 21:30work
- 21:30primarily
- 21:31with
- 21:31children,
- 21:32before
- 21:32I
- 21:33started
- 21:33working
- 21:33with
- 21:33adults,
- 21:34it
- 21:34used
- 21:35to
- 21:35really
- 21:35make
- 21:36me
- 21:36laugh
- 21:36how
- 21:37much
- 21:37we
- 21:37think
- 21:37they're
- 21:38not
- 21:38understanding
- 21:39and
- 21:39they're
- 21:39completely
- 21:40understanding
- 21:41exactly
- 21:41what's
- 21:42happening.
- 21:42And
- 21:42so
- 21:43I
- 21:43said
- 21:43to
- 21:43a
- 21:43family
- 21:43who
- 21:44didn't
- 21:44want
- 21:44to
- 21:44share
- 21:45with
- 21:45their
- 21:46daughter
- 21:47that
- 21:47she
- 21:47was
- 21:47autistic.
- 21:48They
- 21:49were
- 21:49like,
- 21:49I
- 21:49just,
- 21:50we
- 21:50don't
- 21:50know
- 21:50what
- 21:50to
- 21:51say.
- 21:51Maybe
- 21:51we
- 21:51shouldn't
- 21:51say
- 21:51anything.
- 21:52You
- 21:53know,
- 21:53what
- 21:53do
- 21:53we
- 21:53do,
- 21:53what
- 21:53do
- 21:54we
- 21:54do?
- 21:54And
- 21:55so
- 21:55I
- 21:55said,
- 21:55well,
- 21:55where
- 21:56does
- 21:56she
- 21:56think
- 21:56she
- 21:56comes
- 21:57every
- 21:57day?
- 21:57Because
- 21:58literally
- 21:59autism
- 22:00is
- 22:00on
- 22:00the
- 22:00building
- 22:01name
- 22:03and
- 22:03she
- 22:03can
- 22:04read.
- 22:05And
- 22:05so
- 22:06they
- 22:06went
- 22:06to
- 22:06like
- 22:07prep
- 22:07themselves
- 22:07to
- 22:07have
- 22:08this
- 22:08conversation.
- 22:09And
- 22:09she's
- 22:10like,
- 22:10I
- 22:10know,
- 22:12I
- 22:12know.
- 22:12Like,
- 22:13I
- 22:13know
- 22:13I'm
- 22:13autistic
- 22:14and
- 22:14the
- 22:15parents
- 22:15are
- 22:15like,
- 22:15floor
- 22:16what
- 22:17she
- 22:17knows.
- 22:18She
- 22:18said,
- 22:18it's
- 22:18on
- 22:19this
- 22:19building
- 22:19every
- 22:20day
- 22:20and
- 22:20on
- 22:20the
- 22:20van
- 22:20that
- 22:21picks
- 22:21me
- 22:21up
- 22:24and
- 22:25I'm
- 22:25okay
- 22:25with
- 22:25it.
- 22:25I'm
- 22:26there
- 22:26with
- 22:26my
- 22:26Friends,
- 22:26and
- 22:27we're
- 22:27all
- 22:27here
- 22:27together
- 22:28for
- 22:28group.
- 22:29And
- 22:29it
- 22:30just
- 22:30kind
- 22:30of
- 22:30made
- 22:31them
- 22:31laugh
- 22:31because.
- 22:32And
- 22:32me
- 22:32too.
- 22:33Not
- 22:33because
- 22:35of
- 22:35the
- 22:35fact
- 22:35that,
- 22:35like,
- 22:36we
- 22:36thought
- 22:37that
- 22:37she
- 22:37didn't.
- 22:38I
- 22:38thought
- 22:38she
- 22:38didn't
- 22:38know.
- 22:39Right.
- 22:39I.
- 22:39I
- 22:40thought
- 22:40it
- 22:40was
- 22:40funny
- 22:40that
- 22:40they
- 22:41have
- 22:41for
- 22:41so
- 22:41long
- 22:42been
- 22:42prepping
- 22:42themselves
- 22:43for
- 22:43this
- 22:43really
- 22:43hard
- 22:44conversation.
- 22:45And
- 22:45then
- 22:46she
- 22:46was
- 22:46like,
- 22:46I'm
- 22:47completely
- 22:47aware
- 22:47of
- 22:48what's
- 22:48happening.
- 22:48I
- 22:49know
- 22:49why
- 22:49I'm
- 22:49here.
- 22:50And
- 22:50sometimes
- 22:51we're
- 22:51talking
- 22:52around
- 22:52individuals
- 22:53and
- 22:53not
- 22:54talking
- 22:54directly
- 22:54to
- 22:55them.
- 22:55No
- 22:55matter
- 22:55their
- 22:56age,
- 22:56we
- 22:57should
- 22:57be
- 22:57talking
- 22:58to
- 22:58them
- 22:59as
- 22:59we
- 22:59are
- 22:59going
- 22:59through
- 23:00these
- 23:00people
- 23:00processes
- 23:01and
- 23:01explaining,
- 23:03you
- 23:03know,
- 23:04how
- 23:04it
- 23:04can
- 23:04be
- 23:05really
- 23:05loud
- 23:05and
- 23:05it
- 23:05hurts
- 23:06your
- 23:06ears.
- 23:07That's
- 23:07because
- 23:07you're
- 23:08able
- 23:09to
- 23:09process
- 23:10the
- 23:10environment
- 23:11and
- 23:11sound
- 23:12stronger
- 23:13than
- 23:13other
- 23:13people.
- 23:14Does
- 23:15that
- 23:15make
- 23:15it
- 23:15seem
- 23:15like
- 23:16something's
- 23:16wrong
- 23:16with
- 23:16me
- 23:18or
- 23:18is
- 23:18that
- 23:18giving
- 23:19the
- 23:19facts?
- 23:21Some
- 23:21people
- 23:21may
- 23:22not
- 23:22experience
- 23:23it
- 23:23that
- 23:23way.
- 23:24That
- 23:24can
- 23:25make
- 23:25it
- 23:25difficult.
- 23:26Now
- 23:27what
- 23:27maybe
- 23:27do
- 23:28you
- 23:28like
- 23:29that
- 23:29can
- 23:30help?
- 23:31Are
- 23:31they
- 23:31earbuds?
- 23:33It
- 23:33may
- 23:34not
- 23:34be
- 23:34earbuds.
- 23:35Right.
- 23:35It
- 23:35may
- 23:35not
- 23:36be
- 23:36noise
- 23:36canceling
- 23:36headphones.
- 23:37Maybe
- 23:38the
- 23:38person
- 23:38just
- 23:39says,
- 23:39I
- 23:39don't
- 23:40want
- 23:40to
- 23:40wear
- 23:40anything,
- 23:42but
- 23:42I'll
- 23:43be
- 23:43okay
- 23:43if
- 23:44I
- 23:44can
- 23:44leave
- 23:44the
- 23:44room
- 23:44for
- 23:45a
- 23:45few
- 23:45minutes.
- 23:45Right.
- 23:46And
- 23:46so
- 23:46I
- 23:46think
- 23:47that
- 23:47a
- 23:47lot
- 23:47of
- 23:47work
- 23:48that
- 23:48we
- 23:48have
- 23:48to
- 23:48do
- 23:48as
- 23:49educators
- 23:49and
- 23:49practitioners
- 23:50is
- 23:51really
- 23:51taking
- 23:51like
- 23:52a
- 23:52step
- 23:52back
- 23:53from
- 23:53all
- 23:53the
- 23:53training,
- 23:55you
- 23:55know,
- 23:55all
- 23:55the
- 23:56readings,
- 23:57and
- 23:57really
- 23:58saying,
- 23:58like,
- 23:58let's
- 23:58look
- 23:59at
- 23:59this
- 23:59as
- 24:00an
- 24:00individual
- 24:00who's
- 24:01in
- 24:01front
- 24:01of
- 24:01me
- 24:01and
- 24:02fully
- 24:02engage
- 24:03them
- 24:03in
- 24:03this
- 24:04process
- 24:05and
- 24:06give
- 24:06them
- 24:07language
- 24:07that
- 24:07I
- 24:08can
- 24:08to
- 24:09help
- 24:09to
- 24:09explain
- 24:11what's
- 24:11going
- 24:11on
- 24:12right
- 24:12now
- 24:14and
- 24:14then
- 24:14give
- 24:14them
- 24:15the
- 24:15space
- 24:15to
- 24:15give
- 24:16me
- 24:16feedback
- 24:18about
- 24:18what
- 24:18I'm
- 24:19doing,
- 24:19what
- 24:19I'm
- 24:19saying.
- 24:20And
- 24:20it
- 24:21has
- 24:21to
- 24:21be
- 24:21that
- 24:21back
- 24:22and
- 24:22forth
- 24:22conversation.
- 24:24And
- 24:24it's
- 24:24not
- 24:24always
- 24:25verbal
- 24:25conversation.
- 24:26I
- 24:26want
- 24:26to
- 24:26be
- 24:26clear
- 24:26about
- 24:26that.
- 24:27Right.
- 24:27But
- 24:27there
- 24:27has
- 24:27to
- 24:28be
- 24:28this
- 24:28exchange
- 24:28of
- 24:29information
- 24:29that
- 24:29is
- 24:30taking
- 24:30place.
- 24:31It's
- 24:31almost
- 24:32as
- 24:32if
- 24:32we're
- 24:33humanizing
- 24:35education.
- 24:39No,
- 24:40it
- 24:40is.
- 24:41It
- 24:41is
- 24:42us
- 24:42humanizing
- 24:43Kathy.
- 24:44Education.
- 24:46Right.
- 24:46So
- 24:46if
- 24:47the
- 24:47teaching
- 24:47and
- 24:47learning
- 24:48and
- 24:48communicative
- 24:49action
- 24:49process
- 24:50is
- 24:50reciprocal.
- 24:51Right,
- 24:52Right.
- 24:52Give
- 24:53me
- 24:53an
- 24:53opportunity
- 24:54to
- 24:54communicate
- 24:56the
- 24:56way
- 24:57and
- 24:57in
- 24:57the
- 24:57space
- 24:58that
- 24:58I.
- 24:58Feel
- 24:58most
- 24:59comfortable
- 25:00and
- 25:00allow
- 25:01that
- 25:01to
- 25:01be
- 25:01different
- 25:03than
- 25:03what
- 25:03everyone
- 25:04else
- 25:04may
- 25:04be
- 25:04doing
- 25:05or
- 25:05not
- 25:06doing.
- 25:07So
- 25:07that
- 25:08means
- 25:08that
- 25:08leaders
- 25:08and
- 25:09teachers
- 25:09have
- 25:09to
- 25:09interrogate
- 25:11their
- 25:11mental
- 25:12models
- 25:13about
- 25:13what
- 25:13it
- 25:14means
- 25:14to
- 25:14be
- 25:16what,
- 25:16smart,
- 25:17to
- 25:17be
- 25:18capable,
- 25:18to
- 25:19be
- 25:19focused,
- 25:19to
- 25:20be
- 25:21on
- 25:21task.
- 25:22I
- 25:22mean,
- 25:23pick
- 25:23your
- 25:23word.
- 25:24Right.
- 25:25We
- 25:25have
- 25:25to
- 25:26really
- 25:26rethink
- 25:27what
- 25:27our
- 25:27mental
- 25:28models
- 25:28are
- 25:29around
- 25:31each
- 25:31and
- 25:32every
- 25:32student
- 25:33and
- 25:33around
- 25:33some
- 25:33of
- 25:33these
- 25:34constructs
- 25:36that
- 25:36we
- 25:36use
- 25:37for
- 25:37traditional
- 25:38transactional
- 25:39herding.
- 25:41Absolute.
- 25:42Because
- 25:42that's
- 25:43not
- 25:43going
- 25:43to
- 25:43serve
- 25:43well
- 25:44a
- 25:44student
- 25:47who
- 25:47is
- 25:49in
- 25:49any
- 25:49way,
- 25:50in
- 25:50any
- 25:51way,
- 25:51not
- 25:52the
- 25:52norm,
- 25:53not
- 25:53the
- 25:53typical,
- 25:55not
- 25:55how
- 25:55we
- 25:55think
- 25:56we
- 25:56should
- 25:57be
- 25:57organizing
- 25:58school
- 26:00in
- 26:00a
- 26:00particular.
- 26:01Way,
- 26:02or
- 26:03how
- 26:03we
- 26:03as
- 26:03educators
- 26:04broaden
- 26:06our
- 26:06understanding
- 26:06of
- 26:07the
- 26:07pathways
- 26:08that
- 26:08learners
- 26:10are
- 26:11needing
- 26:11to
- 26:11take
- 26:12as
- 26:13they
- 26:14engage
- 26:14with
- 26:14their
- 26:15learning.
- 26:16Yeah.
- 26:17And
- 26:17we're
- 26:17going
- 26:17to
- 26:18see
- 26:18that
- 26:18that's
- 26:18only
- 26:18going
- 26:19to
- 26:19continue
- 26:19to
- 26:19increase.
- 26:20Right.
- 26:20Because
- 26:21we
- 26:21also
- 26:21have
- 26:22generations
- 26:23that
- 26:24are
- 26:24coming
- 26:25through
- 26:25our
- 26:25education
- 26:26system
- 26:26who
- 26:26already
- 26:26have
- 26:27a
- 26:27more
- 26:27heightened
- 26:27awareness
- 26:28of
- 26:29different
- 26:29identities,
- 26:31of
- 26:31things
- 26:31that
- 26:31they
- 26:32need,
- 26:32also
- 26:33of
- 26:33what
- 26:33they
- 26:34want.
- 26:34Everyone
- 26:35who
- 26:35has
- 26:35on
- 26:35noise
- 26:35canceling
- 26:36headphones
- 26:36or
- 26:37has
- 26:37a
- 26:37fidget
- 26:37in
- 26:37their
- 26:38hand
- 26:38is
- 26:39not
- 26:39someone
- 26:39who
- 26:40may
- 26:40be
- 26:41identifying
- 26:42as
- 26:42neurodivergent.
- 26:43Right.
- 26:44But
- 26:44they
- 26:44may
- 26:45be
- 26:45choosing
- 26:45to
- 26:46utilize
- 26:46a
- 26:46tool
- 26:47that
- 26:47has
- 26:48now
- 26:48become
- 26:48more
- 26:48available
- 26:49to
- 26:49them
- 26:50because
- 26:51of
- 26:51the
- 26:52fact
- 26:52that
- 26:52we
- 26:52have
- 26:53provided
- 26:53people
- 26:54with
- 26:54more
- 26:54information
- 26:55about
- 26:55what
- 26:55they
- 26:55have
- 26:56access
- 26:56to,
- 26:56to
- 26:57and
- 26:57what
- 26:57they
- 26:57can
- 26:58utilize.
- 26:59And
- 26:59so
- 27:00I
- 27:00do
- 27:00believe
- 27:00that,
- 27:01you
- 27:01know,
- 27:01thinking
- 27:02about
- 27:02what
- 27:02a
- 27:03classroom
- 27:04can
- 27:05be,
- 27:05right.
- 27:05What
- 27:06can
- 27:06look
- 27:06like,
- 27:07we
- 27:07talk
- 27:07about
- 27:08universal
- 27:08design
- 27:09for
- 27:09learning.
- 27:10Right.
- 27:10We
- 27:10talk
- 27:10about
- 27:11these
- 27:11approaches,
- 27:12we
- 27:12talk
- 27:12about
- 27:13making
- 27:13sure
- 27:14we're
- 27:14differentiating
- 27:15and
- 27:15you
- 27:16know,
- 27:16we
- 27:16use
- 27:16all
- 27:16these
- 27:16different
- 27:17terms.
- 27:18But
- 27:18when
- 27:18it
- 27:18comes
- 27:18to
- 27:20practice,
- 27:20right.
- 27:21What
- 27:21does
- 27:21that
- 27:21look
- 27:22like
- 27:23in
- 27:23real
- 27:23life
- 27:24application,
- 27:25that's
- 27:26when
- 27:26we
- 27:26start
- 27:26to
- 27:26come
- 27:27up
- 27:27against
- 27:28all
- 27:28of
- 27:29these
- 27:29traditional
- 27:30norms
- 27:30that
- 27:30have
- 27:31been
- 27:31set
- 27:31in
- 27:31place.
- 27:32Right?
- 27:32And
- 27:33so
- 27:34who
- 27:34says
- 27:34I
- 27:35can't
- 27:35learn
- 27:35while
- 27:36also
- 27:36coloring
- 27:37while
- 27:37you're
- 27:37talking?
- 27:38Who
- 27:38says,
- 27:39I'm
- 27:39not
- 27:39listening
- 27:39to
- 27:40you.
- 27:40Because
- 27:40your
- 27:41eyes
- 27:41aren't
- 27:41on
- 27:41me.
- 27:42Right.
- 27:42You're
- 27:42not
- 27:42looking,
- 27:44you're
- 27:44not
- 27:45looking
- 27:45at.
- 27:45Me,
- 27:45you're
- 27:45not
- 27:45listening.
- 27:46And
- 27:46how
- 27:47many
- 27:47times
- 27:47do
- 27:47we
- 27:47say
- 27:47like,
- 27:48you
- 27:48know,
- 27:48or
- 27:48hear
- 27:49like,
- 27:49eyes
- 27:49up
- 27:49here
- 27:50or
- 27:50you're
- 27:50not
- 27:51paying
- 27:51attention.
- 27:52What
- 27:52does
- 27:52attention
- 27:53look
- 27:54like?
- 27:54And
- 27:54who's
- 27:55decided
- 27:57who's
- 27:57paying
- 27:57attention
- 27:58and
- 27:58who's
- 27:58not?
- 27:59And
- 27:59so
- 28:00I
- 28:00can
- 28:01say
- 28:01this
- 28:01because
- 28:01I
- 28:02even
- 28:02had
- 28:02to
- 28:02catch
- 28:02myself
- 28:03the
- 28:03other
- 28:03day
- 28:03because
- 28:03my
- 28:03daughter
- 28:04was
- 28:04trying
- 28:04to
- 28:04color
- 28:04something.
- 28:05I
- 28:05was
- 28:05like,
- 28:05she's
- 28:05like,
- 28:05but
- 28:06can
- 28:06you
- 28:06also
- 28:06read
- 28:06this
- 28:06book?
- 28:07And
- 28:07I
- 28:07was
- 28:07like,
- 28:08wait,
- 28:08you
- 28:09want
- 28:09me
- 28:09to
- 28:09read
- 28:09and
- 28:10you're
- 28:10also
- 28:10going
- 28:10to
- 28:10do
- 28:10that?
- 28:11And
- 28:11I
- 28:11had
- 28:11to
- 28:12stop
- 28:12and
- 28:12pause,
- 28:12which
- 28:13is
- 28:13what
- 28:13I
- 28:13think
- 28:14we're
- 28:15going
- 28:15to
- 28:15have
- 28:15to
- 28:15continue
- 28:16to
- 28:16do,
- 28:16right?
- 28:17Stop
- 28:18and
- 28:18pause.
- 28:19And
- 28:19I
- 28:19had
- 28:20to
- 28:20challenge
- 28:20immediately
- 28:21my
- 28:21own
- 28:22thought,
- 28:22which
- 28:22is
- 28:22that
- 28:23you
- 28:23can't
- 28:23listen
- 28:24to
- 28:24me
- 28:24read
- 28:24this
- 28:24story
- 28:25and
- 28:25color
- 28:25at
- 28:26the
- 28:26same
- 28:26time.
- 28:27Meanwhile,
- 28:28I'm
- 28:28handing
- 28:28out
- 28:30coloring
- 28:30sheets
- 28:31and,
- 28:31you
- 28:32know,
- 28:33got
- 28:33A
- 28:33whole
- 28:34creative
- 28:34station
- 28:34in
- 28:35our
- 28:35center
- 28:35telling
- 28:36people,
- 28:36do
- 28:36what
- 28:36works
- 28:37for
- 28:37you.
- 28:37But
- 28:38now
- 28:38here
- 28:39I
- 28:39am
- 28:39in
- 28:39a
- 28:39moment
- 28:40where
- 28:41I
- 28:41need
- 28:41to
- 28:41stop
- 28:41and
- 28:42recognize
- 28:42that
- 28:42I
- 28:43have
- 28:43to
- 28:43challenge
- 28:45this
- 28:45for
- 28:46myself
- 28:47in
- 28:47this
- 28:47moment.
- 28:48And
- 28:48so
- 28:48I
- 28:49said
- 28:49to
- 28:49her,
- 28:50you,
- 28:51I
- 28:51don't
- 28:51know,
- 28:51Mommy.
- 28:52Sorry.
- 28:53Like,
- 28:53go
- 28:53ahead.
- 28:54You
- 28:55color
- 28:55and
- 28:56I'll
- 28:56breathe.
- 28:58After
- 28:59years
- 28:59of
- 28:59being
- 28:59told
- 28:59by
- 29:00my
- 29:00own
- 29:00father,
- 29:01there
- 29:01is
- 29:01no
- 29:01way.
- 29:02And
- 29:02it's
- 29:02okay
- 29:02I
- 29:02can
- 29:02say
- 29:02this
- 29:03because
- 29:03he
- 29:03knows
- 29:03it's
- 29:03true,
- 29:03there
- 29:04is
- 29:04no
- 29:04way
- 29:06that
- 29:06you
- 29:06are
- 29:06writing
- 29:07that
- 29:07paper
- 29:07and
- 29:07listening
- 29:08to
- 29:08music.
- 29:09I
- 29:09read
- 29:09this
- 29:09wonderful
- 29:10article,
- 29:10actually,
- 29:10about
- 29:11individuals
- 29:11with
- 29:11ADHD
- 29:12who
- 29:12actually
- 29:13do
- 29:13really
- 29:13well,
- 29:14thriving
- 29:14in
- 29:15musical
- 29:15backgrounds
- 29:16while
- 29:16doing
- 29:17work
- 29:17as
- 29:18long
- 29:18as
- 29:18the
- 29:18music
- 29:18is
- 29:19familiar.
- 29:19And
- 29:20I
- 29:20have
- 29:20said
- 29:20that
- 29:20to
- 29:20people
- 29:21for
- 29:21years.
- 29:23For
- 29:23years.
- 29:24And
- 29:24so
- 29:25if
- 29:25we
- 29:25don't
- 29:25stop
- 29:25and
- 29:26pause
- 29:27and
- 29:27really
- 29:28challenge
- 29:28what
- 29:28we're
- 29:28saying
- 29:29to
- 29:29someone,
- 29:29you
- 29:29can't
- 29:29walk
- 29:29in
- 29:30my
- 29:30class,
- 29:30Sit
- 29:30down.
- 29:32Who
- 29:32said
- 29:33they're
- 29:33not
- 29:33listening?
- 29:34Find
- 29:34a
- 29:35space
- 29:35for
- 29:36them
- 29:36to
- 29:36do
- 29:36what
- 29:36they
- 29:37need
- 29:37to
- 29:37do
- 29:37while
- 29:38also
- 29:38engaging
- 29:39in
- 29:39the
- 29:39learning
- 29:39environment.
- 29:41Chiara,
- 29:41there
- 29:41are
- 29:42two
- 29:42things
- 29:42that
- 29:43you've
- 29:43said
- 29:43that
- 29:44are
- 29:44just
- 29:45ringing
- 29:46so
- 29:46true
- 29:46for
- 29:46me.
- 29:48The
- 29:49first
- 29:49is
- 29:51how
- 29:52context
- 29:54and
- 29:54the
- 29:54change
- 29:55in
- 29:55context
- 29:56can
- 29:58throw
- 29:58up
- 29:59barriers
- 29:59to
- 29:59our
- 30:00vision.
- 30:01When
- 30:02you
- 30:02move
- 30:02from
- 30:03the
- 30:03practitioner
- 30:04role
- 30:04to
- 30:04the
- 30:04parent
- 30:05role,
- 30:06you
- 30:07know
- 30:07our
- 30:07set
- 30:07of
- 30:08beliefs
- 30:08change,
- 30:09right?
- 30:09Absolutely.
- 30:10And
- 30:11so
- 30:12that.
- 30:12That
- 30:12just
- 30:13adds
- 30:13so
- 30:13much
- 30:13more
- 30:14complexity.
- 30:14And
- 30:15when
- 30:15I
- 30:15think
- 30:15of
- 30:15the
- 30:15shifting
- 30:16roles
- 30:16of
- 30:16adults
- 30:17who
- 30:17are
- 30:17working
- 30:17in
- 30:17schools
- 30:18and
- 30:19how
- 30:20those
- 30:20subtle
- 30:21changes
- 30:21in
- 30:22roles
- 30:23can
- 30:23interrupt
- 30:24their
- 30:24capacity
- 30:25to.
- 30:26To
- 30:26see
- 30:26clearly,
- 30:27to
- 30:27hear
- 30:28clearly.
- 30:29The
- 30:29other
- 30:30standout
- 30:32observation
- 30:33you
- 30:33shared
- 30:33is
- 30:34the
- 30:34importance
- 30:34of
- 30:35having
- 30:35neurodivergent
- 30:36professionals
- 30:38leading
- 30:38the
- 30:38conversation
- 30:40about
- 30:42the
- 30:42spaces
- 30:42in
- 30:42which
- 30:43our
- 30:43children
- 30:43are
- 30:44learning,
- 30:45the
- 30:46ways
- 30:46and
- 30:46the
- 30:47pathways
- 30:47toward
- 30:47learning
- 30:48that
- 30:49children
- 30:49take.
- 30:50And
- 30:50it
- 30:50reminded
- 30:51me
- 30:51back
- 30:51in
- 30:512004,
- 30:52when
- 30:53our
- 30:53oldest
- 30:53child
- 30:54was
- 30:54diagnosed
- 30:56as
- 30:56neurodivergent,
- 30:58what
- 30:58the
- 30:59DSM
- 30:59then
- 31:00called
- 31:00Asperger's,
- 31:03the
- 31:03pediatric
- 31:05psychologist
- 31:06who
- 31:06made
- 31:07the
- 31:08diagnosis
- 31:09was
- 31:09herself
- 31:11an
- 31:11Asperger's
- 31:12individual.
- 31:14As
- 31:14parents,
- 31:15our
- 31:16questions
- 31:16like,
- 31:17we're
- 31:17all
- 31:17over
- 31:17the
- 31:17place.
- 31:18Will
- 31:19our
- 31:19child
- 31:19be
- 31:20able
- 31:20to
- 31:20live
- 31:20an
- 31:20independent
- 31:21life?
- 31:22That
- 31:22was
- 31:22one
- 31:22of
- 31:22the
- 31:22first
- 31:22concerns.
- 31:24And
- 31:24she
- 31:24calmly
- 31:25looked
- 31:25at
- 31:25us
- 31:26and
- 31:26said,
- 31:26oh,
- 31:27my
- 31:27goodness,
- 31:28why
- 31:28on
- 31:28earth
- 31:29not?
- 31:32And
- 31:33we
- 31:33had
- 31:34recognized
- 31:35from
- 31:35her
- 31:35disposition
- 31:36early
- 31:37in
- 31:37the
- 31:37conversation
- 31:39that
- 31:40we
- 31:40were
- 31:41being
- 31:41served
- 31:41by
- 31:41an
- 31:42individual
- 31:42who
- 31:42was
- 31:42neurodivergent.
- 31:45What
- 31:45she
- 31:45taught
- 31:45us
- 31:46in
- 31:4660
- 31:47minutes
- 31:48about
- 31:48our
- 31:49child,
- 31:50about
- 31:50ourselves,
- 31:51and
- 31:52about
- 31:52possibilities
- 31:53for
- 31:53the
- 31:53way
- 31:53forward,
- 31:54I
- 31:54could
- 31:54write
- 31:54a
- 31:55book
- 31:55about.
- 31:55It
- 31:55was
- 31:55so
- 31:56incredibly
- 31:58affirming,
- 32:02and
- 32:04it
- 32:04just.
- 32:05There
- 32:05was
- 32:06so
- 32:06much
- 32:06clarity.
- 32:07And
- 32:07it
- 32:07was
- 32:08the
- 32:08first
- 32:08time
- 32:08in
- 32:09four
- 32:09years
- 32:09that
- 32:10we
- 32:10spoke
- 32:10to
- 32:10a
- 32:10professional
- 32:11who
- 32:11we
- 32:12felt
- 32:13saw
- 32:13our
- 32:14child,
- 32:14demonstrated
- 32:15that
- 32:15she
- 32:16saw
- 32:16our
- 32:16child
- 32:17did
- 32:17things
- 32:18that
- 32:18our
- 32:18child
- 32:18responded
- 32:19to
- 32:19in
- 32:20ways
- 32:20that
- 32:22she
- 32:22had
- 32:22never
- 32:23responded
- 32:23to
- 32:23before.
- 32:25It
- 32:25was
- 32:26incredibly
- 32:28powerful
- 32:29in
- 32:29moving
- 32:30us
- 32:30forward.
- 32:31And
- 32:32we
- 32:32had
- 32:32spoken
- 32:32to
- 32:32a
- 32:33lot
- 32:33of
- 32:33professionals
- 32:34at
- 32:34that
- 32:34point.
- 32:36So
- 32:36having
- 32:37that
- 32:37professional
- 32:38who
- 32:38is
- 32:38also
- 32:39a
- 32:39neurodivergent
- 32:41human
- 32:41being
- 32:42leading
- 32:42the
- 32:42conversation
- 32:44for
- 32:44me
- 32:45personally,
- 32:45that
- 32:46rings
- 32:46very
- 32:46powerfully
- 32:47true.
- 32:48Yeah.
- 32:49And
- 32:49I
- 32:49think
- 32:50that
- 32:50also
- 32:50I
- 32:50appreciate
- 32:51you
- 32:51sharing
- 32:51that
- 32:52experience.
- 32:53And
- 32:53I
- 32:53also
- 32:54believe
- 32:55that
- 32:56when
- 32:56we
- 32:56come
- 32:56into
- 32:57contact
- 32:57with
- 32:57neurodivergent
- 32:58professionals
- 32:59who
- 32:59are
- 32:59sharing,
- 33:00oftentimes
- 33:01they
- 33:01are
- 33:01very
- 33:02candid
- 33:02about,
- 33:02like,
- 33:03this
- 33:03was
- 33:03my
- 33:03experience.
- 33:05I'm
- 33:05not
- 33:05saying
- 33:06what
- 33:06someone
- 33:06else's
- 33:07experience
- 33:08will
- 33:08be.
- 33:09And
- 33:09I
- 33:09think
- 33:10I
- 33:10really
- 33:10appreciate
- 33:11that
- 33:11too,
- 33:12because
- 33:13so
- 33:13often
- 33:14people
- 33:15jump
- 33:15straight
- 33:16to
- 33:16like
- 33:16the
- 33:16myths,
- 33:17right?
- 33:17Like,
- 33:18everything's
- 33:18going
- 33:19to
- 33:19be
- 33:19great
- 33:19and
- 33:20my
- 33:20child's
- 33:20going
- 33:21to
- 33:21be
- 33:21like
- 33:21a
- 33:21savant.
- 33:22Right.
- 33:22But
- 33:22there
- 33:22are
- 33:23individuals
- 33:23who
- 33:24do
- 33:24not
- 33:24develop
- 33:25verbal
- 33:26language
- 33:26but
- 33:27find
- 33:27ways
- 33:27to
- 33:27communicate.
- 33:28Right.
- 33:28There
- 33:29are
- 33:29individuals
- 33:29who
- 33:30may
- 33:30not
- 33:30live
- 33:31independently,
- 33:32but
- 33:32they
- 33:32still
- 33:33have
- 33:34well
- 33:35meaning
- 33:35lives,
- 33:36you
- 33:36know,
- 33:37where
- 33:37they
- 33:37are
- 33:38happy
- 33:38or
- 33:39find
- 33:39joy
- 33:40in
- 33:40the
- 33:40things
- 33:40that
- 33:40they're
- 33:41doing
- 33:41or
- 33:41engaged
- 33:42in.
- 33:42And
- 33:43so
- 33:43there
- 33:43are
- 33:43individuals
- 33:44who
- 33:44may
- 33:44have
- 33:45what
- 33:45is
- 33:46independent
- 33:46living
- 33:46with
- 33:47a
- 33:47support
- 33:47system
- 33:48in
- 33:48place
- 33:49and
- 33:49that
- 33:49can
- 33:50range.
- 33:51And
- 33:51so
- 33:51I
- 33:51really
- 33:52appreciate
- 33:52when
- 33:53we
- 33:53come
- 33:53in
- 33:53contact
- 33:54with
- 33:54neurodivergent
- 33:55professionals
- 33:55in
- 33:55particular
- 33:56and
- 33:56they're
- 33:57sharing
- 33:57their
- 33:57experience,
- 33:58but
- 33:58they're
- 33:58also,
- 33:59again,
- 33:59so
- 34:00I
- 34:00think
- 34:00aware
- 34:01about
- 34:01saying,
- 34:01but
- 34:02that
- 34:02was
- 34:02me.
- 34:04That
- 34:04may
- 34:04not
- 34:04be
- 34:05the
- 34:05case
- 34:05for
- 34:06every
- 34:06person.
- 34:07I
- 34:07think
- 34:07that,
- 34:08you
- 34:08know,
- 34:08oftentimes
- 34:09when
- 34:09we
- 34:09talk
- 34:09about
- 34:10neurodivergence,
- 34:11autism
- 34:11gets
- 34:11highlighted.
- 34:12But
- 34:13then
- 34:13we
- 34:13also
- 34:13forget
- 34:14about
- 34:14like
- 34:15dyslexia,
- 34:16dyspraxia,
- 34:17dyscalculia.
- 34:18And
- 34:18when
- 34:18we
- 34:18think
- 34:18about
- 34:18the
- 34:19classroom,
- 34:20if
- 34:20I
- 34:20say
- 34:20to
- 34:21an
- 34:21educator,
- 34:22I'm
- 34:22autistic,
- 34:23I
- 34:23have
- 34:23adhd,
- 34:25they
- 34:25probably
- 34:26understand
- 34:27that
- 34:27a
- 34:27little
- 34:27bit
- 34:27more.
- 34:28When
- 34:28I
- 34:28start
- 34:29to
- 34:29explain
- 34:29that
- 34:30I'm
- 34:30dyslexic
- 34:32or
- 34:32someone
- 34:32starts
- 34:33to
- 34:33explain
- 34:34what
- 34:34it
- 34:34means
- 34:34to
- 34:34be
- 34:35dyspraxic.
- 34:36Now
- 34:36we
- 34:37start
- 34:37to
- 34:37get
- 34:37down
- 34:39into
- 34:39areas
- 34:39that
- 34:40people
- 34:40do
- 34:40not
- 34:41feel
- 34:41comfortable
- 34:42with.
- 34:42They
- 34:43don't
- 34:43have
- 34:43understanding
- 34:44of
- 34:44these
- 34:44identities.
- 34:45And
- 34:46this
- 34:46all
- 34:46is
- 34:46falling
- 34:47underneath
- 34:47this
- 34:47umbrella,
- 34:48right,
- 34:48of
- 34:49neurodiversity
- 34:49in
- 34:50these
- 34:50varying
- 34:50neural
- 34:51types.
- 34:52And
- 34:52so
- 34:52when
- 34:53I'm
- 34:53working
- 34:53with,
- 34:54you
- 34:54know,
- 34:54professionals
- 34:55and
- 34:55we're
- 34:56talking,
- 34:56everyone
- 34:57just
- 34:57jumps
- 34:58and
- 34:58starts
- 34:58assuming
- 34:58we're
- 34:59talking
- 34:59about
- 34:59autism.
- 34:59But
- 35:00we're
- 35:00not
- 35:00just
- 35:00talking
- 35:01about
- 35:01an
- 35:01autistic
- 35:01individual.
- 35:02We're
- 35:03talking
- 35:03about
- 35:04a
- 35:04variety,
- 35:05right,
- 35:05of
- 35:06identities
- 35:06and
- 35:07neural
- 35:07types
- 35:07that
- 35:07exist.
- 35:08And
- 35:09so
- 35:09my
- 35:10dyslexic
- 35:10student.
- 35:11It's
- 35:11not
- 35:11that
- 35:11they
- 35:11can't
- 35:12read.
- 35:13Right.
- 35:13We
- 35:14have
- 35:14to
- 35:14challenge
- 35:14these
- 35:14myths
- 35:15because
- 35:15then
- 35:16the
- 35:16thought
- 35:16is
- 35:16like,
- 35:16oh,
- 35:17you
- 35:17can't
- 35:17read.
- 35:17You're
- 35:17not
- 35:18going
- 35:18to
- 35:18be
- 35:18able
- 35:18to
- 35:18read.
- 35:18And
- 35:19those
- 35:19are
- 35:19myths
- 35:20that
- 35:20are
- 35:20not
- 35:20true.
- 35:21That's
- 35:21not
- 35:21true.
- 35:22It
- 35:23does
- 35:23mean
- 35:23that
- 35:23the
- 35:24way
- 35:24they
- 35:24process
- 35:24words
- 35:26that's
- 35:27written
- 35:27down
- 35:28is
- 35:29different.
- 35:30But
- 35:30when
- 35:31we
- 35:31look
- 35:31at,
- 35:31like,
- 35:32what
- 35:32are
- 35:32their
- 35:33auditory
- 35:33strengths,
- 35:34though?
- 35:36What
- 35:36is
- 35:36their
- 35:37ability
- 35:37to
- 35:37visualize
- 35:39words
- 35:40and
- 35:40stories
- 35:41and
- 35:41information?
- 35:42And
- 35:43so
- 35:43as
- 35:43I
- 35:44start
- 35:44to
- 35:44expand
- 35:45my
- 35:45view,
- 35:46then
- 35:46I
- 35:47don't
- 35:47get
- 35:47as
- 35:47upset
- 35:48if
- 35:48someone
- 35:48has
- 35:48to
- 35:49have
- 35:49a
- 35:49calculator
- 35:49because
- 35:50they
- 35:50actually
- 35:50do
- 35:51have
- 35:51dyscalcula.
- 35:53Yeah,
- 35:53I
- 35:53kind
- 35:53of
- 35:53want
- 35:54to.
- 35:54I
- 35:54want
- 35:54to
- 35:54paint
- 35:55a
- 35:55picture.
- 35:55And
- 35:55Kara,
- 35:56I
- 35:56want
- 35:56you
- 35:56to
- 35:56correct
- 35:57anything
- 35:57that
- 35:57I
- 35:58say
- 35:58that
- 35:58is
- 35:58not
- 35:58true.
- 35:59Okay.
- 36:00It's
- 36:00okay.
- 36:02So
- 36:02when
- 36:02we
- 36:03think
- 36:03about.
- 36:04When
- 36:04we
- 36:04think
- 36:04about
- 36:06this
- 36:06transactional,
- 36:07hurting
- 36:07nature
- 36:07of
- 36:08schooling,
- 36:08right?
- 36:09It
- 36:09is
- 36:09based
- 36:10on
- 36:12giving
- 36:13privilege
- 36:14to
- 36:15certain
- 36:15ways
- 36:15of
- 36:16thinking,
- 36:16to
- 36:17certain
- 36:17ways
- 36:17of
- 36:18behaving,
- 36:19to
- 36:19certain
- 36:20ways
- 36:20of
- 36:21feeling
- 36:22and
- 36:22saying
- 36:22that
- 36:23some
- 36:23ways
- 36:24of
- 36:24doing
- 36:24that
- 36:25are
- 36:26better
- 36:26than
- 36:26others.
- 36:28Right?
- 36:28Right.
- 36:29And
- 36:29if
- 36:29we're
- 36:30going
- 36:30to
- 36:30disrupt
- 36:30that,
- 36:32then
- 36:34the
- 36:34big
- 36:34thing
- 36:34that
- 36:35I'm
- 36:35going
- 36:35to
- 36:35remember
- 36:35from
- 36:35this
- 36:36conversation
- 36:36today,
- 36:37besides
- 36:37your
- 36:38genius,
- 36:38is
- 36:39three
- 36:41stop
- 36:42and
- 36:42pause.
- 36:44Because
- 36:45the
- 36:45way
- 36:45we
- 36:45move
- 36:45away
- 36:46from
- 36:46this
- 36:46for
- 36:46educators
- 36:48is
- 36:48to
- 36:49interrogate,
- 36:50right,
- 36:50Interrogate
- 36:51mental
- 36:52models
- 36:54about
- 36:56how
- 36:56we
- 36:56extend
- 36:56privilege
- 36:57to
- 36:57certain
- 36:57ways
- 36:58of
- 36:58thinking,
- 36:58believing,
- 36:59behaving,
- 37:00feeling,
- 37:01whatever.
- 37:03And
- 37:03that
- 37:03if
- 37:04we
- 37:04really
- 37:04want
- 37:04to
- 37:05solve
- 37:05this
- 37:06issue
- 37:06for
- 37:07not
- 37:08only
- 37:08our
- 37:08neurodivergent
- 37:09students,
- 37:09but
- 37:10for
- 37:10everybody
- 37:10else,
- 37:11if
- 37:11we
- 37:11really
- 37:12think
- 37:12about
- 37:14making
- 37:14sure
- 37:14that
- 37:14our
- 37:14classrooms
- 37:15are
- 37:15responsive
- 37:18to
- 37:18our
- 37:18neurodivergent
- 37:19students,
- 37:21won't
- 37:22they
- 37:22be
- 37:22better
- 37:22for
- 37:22every
- 37:23student
- 37:23in
- 37:24the
- 37:24classroom
- 37:24as
- 37:25well,
- 37:25Kiara?
- 37:26Absolutely.
- 37:27Absolutely.
- 37:28Because
- 37:29now
- 37:29we're
- 37:29shifting
- 37:30right
- 37:30into
- 37:30universal
- 37:31design
- 37:32for
- 37:32learning,
- 37:33which
- 37:33means
- 37:34that
- 37:34what
- 37:34you
- 37:35need,
- 37:35you
- 37:36can
- 37:36have
- 37:36access
- 37:37to.
- 37:37And
- 37:38it
- 37:38doesn't
- 37:38have
- 37:39stipulations
- 37:40on
- 37:40things
- 37:40like
- 37:40documentation
- 37:42or
- 37:42evaluations.
- 37:43Because
- 37:43then
- 37:44we
- 37:44also
- 37:45had
- 37:46to
- 37:46recognize
- 37:46there
- 37:46are
- 37:47some
- 37:47individuals,
- 37:48right,
- 37:49who
- 37:49may
- 37:50not
- 37:50receive
- 37:51the
- 37:51same
- 37:51support
- 37:53or
- 37:53evaluation
- 37:54that
- 37:54someone
- 37:54else
- 37:55may.
- 37:55They
- 37:56may
- 37:56not
- 37:56be
- 37:56recognized
- 37:57or
- 37:58identified
- 37:58the
- 37:59same
- 37:59way.
- 38:00And
- 38:00so
- 38:00when
- 38:00that
- 38:01happens,
- 38:01do
- 38:01we
- 38:02also
- 38:02say,
- 38:02well,
- 38:03you
- 38:03know,
- 38:03since
- 38:04you
- 38:04don't
- 38:04have
- 38:04a
- 38:04piece
- 38:04of
- 38:05paper
- 38:05that
- 38:05says
- 38:06that
- 38:06you
- 38:06qualify,
- 38:07you
- 38:07don't
- 38:08get
- 38:08support
- 38:08here.
- 38:09No.
- 38:09We
- 38:10have
- 38:10to
- 38:10come
- 38:10up
- 38:10with
- 38:11strategies
- 38:12to
- 38:12implement
- 38:13things
- 38:13that
- 38:14can
- 38:14be
- 38:14applicable
- 38:15to
- 38:15anyone
- 38:16if
- 38:16they
- 38:16need
- 38:16it.
- 38:17Choice
- 38:17is
- 38:18important.
- 38:19Right.
- 38:19But
- 38:20then
- 38:20we
- 38:20have
- 38:20to
- 38:20push
- 38:21ourselves
- 38:21past
- 38:21that.
- 38:22So,
- 38:22so
- 38:23often
- 38:23we're
- 38:23very
- 38:23focused
- 38:24on
- 38:24compliance.
- 38:26Our
- 38:26goal
- 38:26is,
- 38:27you
- 38:27know,
- 38:27no
- 38:27one
- 38:27wants
- 38:28to
- 38:28get
- 38:28sued.
- 38:28Everyone
- 38:29Wants
- 38:29to
- 38:29be
- 38:29compliant.
- 38:30I'm
- 38:30in
- 38:30compliance.
- 38:31I'm
- 38:31in
- 38:31compliance.
- 38:32Right.
- 38:32But
- 38:32it's
- 38:33not
- 38:33just
- 38:33about
- 38:33being
- 38:34in
- 38:34compliance.
- 38:35It's
- 38:35also,
- 38:36again,
- 38:36bringing
- 38:37that
- 38:37humanity
- 38:38back
- 38:38to
- 38:38the
- 38:38classroom
- 38:39and
- 38:39saying,
- 38:40my
- 38:40job
- 38:40is
- 38:40to
- 38:41create
- 38:41a
- 38:41learning
- 38:42environment
- 38:43that
- 38:43is
- 38:43best
- 38:44for
- 38:44all
- 38:45students.
- 38:46I'm
- 38:46going
- 38:46to
- 38:46have
- 38:46to
- 38:46challenge
- 38:47myself
- 38:48every
- 38:48year,
- 38:49every
- 38:49week,
- 38:50every
- 38:50class
- 38:50session
- 38:51to
- 38:51do
- 38:51that,
- 38:52because
- 38:53what's
- 38:53happening
- 38:54today
- 38:54is
- 38:54not
- 38:55going
- 38:55to
- 38:55be
- 38:55permanent.
- 38:57It
- 38:57can't
- 38:57be
- 38:58permanent.
- 38:58And
- 38:59so
- 38:59often
- 38:59we
- 39:00see
- 39:00kind
- 39:00of
- 39:01this
- 39:01rigidity
- 39:04of,
- 39:04well,
- 39:04I've
- 39:05always
- 39:05taught
- 39:05this
- 39:05topic
- 39:06this
- 39:06way
- 39:06because
- 39:06we
- 39:07have
- 39:07to
- 39:07meet
- 39:07the
- 39:07curriculum
- 39:08standards,
- 39:08and
- 39:08we
- 39:08have
- 39:09to.
- 39:09We
- 39:09can
- 39:09still
- 39:10meet
- 39:11standards
- 39:12and
- 39:12develop
- 39:13flexibility.
- 39:14We
- 39:14can
- 39:14still
- 39:14develop
- 39:15choices.
- 39:16So
- 39:16if
- 39:17you're
- 39:17struggling,
- 39:17for
- 39:18instance,
- 39:19to
- 39:19write,
- 39:20and
- 39:20a
- 39:21lot
- 39:21of
- 39:21times,
- 39:21if
- 39:21someone
- 39:22had
- 39:22a
- 39:22physical
- 39:23disability
- 39:24that
- 39:25was
- 39:25apparent
- 39:26and
- 39:26therefore
- 39:26stopping
- 39:27them
- 39:27from
- 39:27being
- 39:27able
- 39:27to
- 39:28physically
- 39:28write,
- 39:28we
- 39:28would
- 39:29find
- 39:29ways
- 39:29to
- 39:30work
- 39:30with
- 39:30them.
- 39:31However,
- 39:31when
- 39:32people
- 39:33experience
- 39:33neurological
- 39:35barriers,
- 39:37right.
- 39:38We
- 39:38don't
- 39:38always
- 39:38think
- 39:39so
- 39:39creatively.
- 39:41We're
- 39:41not
- 39:41so
- 39:41quick
- 39:42to
- 39:42say,
- 39:43you
- 39:43know
- 39:43what,
- 39:44instead
- 39:44of
- 39:44writing
- 39:45your
- 39:45assignment,
- 39:46why
- 39:46don't
- 39:46I
- 39:47allow
- 39:47you
- 39:47to
- 39:48record
- 39:48a
- 39:48video?
- 39:51Why
- 39:51don't
- 39:51I
- 39:51give
- 39:52you
- 39:52space
- 39:52to
- 39:53work
- 39:53with
- 39:53me
- 39:54one
- 39:54on
- 39:54one
- 39:55and
- 39:55figure
- 39:55out
- 39:56what's
- 39:56the
- 39:56best
- 39:56way
- 39:56for
- 39:57you
- 39:57to
- 39:57take
- 39:57the
- 39:57information
- 39:58that
- 39:58you
- 39:58do
- 39:58know
- 39:59and
- 39:59to
- 40:00show
- 40:00it
- 40:00to
- 40:00me?
- 40:02And
- 40:02a
- 40:02lot
- 40:02of
- 40:03times
- 40:03when
- 40:04we
- 40:04start
- 40:04to
- 40:04do
- 40:04that,
- 40:05we'll
- 40:05do
- 40:06that
- 40:06for
- 40:06students
- 40:06and
- 40:07find,
- 40:07oh,
- 40:07my
- 40:07goodness,
- 40:08I
- 40:08should
- 40:08have
- 40:08did
- 40:08this
- 40:08for
- 40:09everyone.
- 40:09It
- 40:09would
- 40:09have
- 40:10been
- 40:10so
- 40:10much
- 40:10easier
- 40:10if
- 40:11I
- 40:11had
- 40:11just
- 40:11made
- 40:11this
- 40:11the
- 40:12standard
- 40:12of
- 40:13operating
- 40:14for
- 40:14this
- 40:14assignment
- 40:15or
- 40:15for
- 40:15this
- 40:15classroom
- 40:16setting.
- 40:17And
- 40:17we
- 40:17have
- 40:17to
- 40:18really,
- 40:18again,
- 40:19push
- 40:19back
- 40:20on
- 40:21the
- 40:21way
- 40:21that
- 40:22we
- 40:22have
- 40:22always
- 40:22done
- 40:23things
- 40:23and
- 40:24recognize
- 40:24that
- 40:25the
- 40:25way
- 40:25things
- 40:25have
- 40:25been
- 40:26built
- 40:26have
- 40:27always
- 40:27been
- 40:28with
- 40:28specific
- 40:29people
- 40:29in
- 40:30mind
- 40:30and
- 40:31therefore
- 40:31left
- 40:31out
- 40:31others.
- 40:34So
- 40:34before,
- 40:35and
- 40:36I
- 40:36know
- 40:37that
- 40:37Grant
- 40:38is
- 40:38going
- 40:38to
- 40:38take
- 40:38the
- 40:38next
- 40:39question,
- 40:40I
- 40:40just
- 40:40wanted
- 40:41to
- 40:43add
- 40:44to
- 40:44one
- 40:45of
- 40:46the
- 40:46continuum
- 40:48descriptors
- 40:49that
- 40:50Grant
- 40:51just
- 40:51put
- 40:51before
- 40:52us.
- 40:53I
- 40:53heard
- 40:53stop
- 40:53and
- 40:54pause.
- 40:56Absolutely.
- 40:58Which
- 40:58means
- 40:58we
- 40:59have
- 40:59to
- 40:59make
- 41:00space
- 41:01for
- 41:01self
- 41:02reflection
- 41:03and
- 41:04a
- 41:04reciprocal
- 41:05communicative
- 41:06action.
- 41:06And
- 41:06that
- 41:07process,
- 41:08which
- 41:08is
- 41:08what
- 41:08Kiara
- 41:09said,
- 41:10then
- 41:11we
- 41:11have
- 41:11to
- 41:11disrupt
- 41:13and
- 41:13interrogate.
- 41:15Right.
- 41:15Our
- 41:15own
- 41:16mental
- 41:16models.
- 41:18Because
- 41:19that's
- 41:19the
- 41:19who
- 41:20am
- 41:20I
- 41:20coming
- 41:20together
- 41:21with
- 41:21the
- 41:21who
- 41:21are
- 41:22we?
- 41:24Then
- 41:26we
- 41:26really
- 41:26have
- 41:27to
- 41:27think
- 41:27about
- 41:27what
- 41:28this
- 41:28dismantling
- 41:29is,
- 41:29Kiara.
- 41:30And
- 41:30that's
- 41:30what
- 41:30you
- 41:30just
- 41:31discussed.
- 41:31Right.
- 41:32We
- 41:32have
- 41:32to
- 41:32dismantle
- 41:35these
- 41:35mental
- 41:36models.
- 41:36Right.
- 41:37I
- 41:37always
- 41:37go
- 41:38back
- 41:38to
- 41:38powerful
- 41:39student
- 41:39care
- 41:39and
- 41:40transactional
- 41:40hurting.
- 41:41Right.
- 41:42We
- 41:42are
- 41:43diverse.
- 41:44As
- 41:45Mike
- 41:45Penchenot
- 41:46always
- 41:46says,
- 41:48diversity
- 41:49starts
- 41:49with
- 41:49the
- 41:49person
- 41:49right
- 41:50next
- 41:50to
- 41:50us.
- 41:51Right.
- 41:51Which
- 41:52is
- 41:52right
- 41:53there.
- 41:53That
- 41:53is
- 41:54so
- 41:54key.
- 41:54And
- 41:54that
- 41:54was
- 41:55pivotal
- 41:56to
- 41:56his
- 41:56own
- 41:57personal
- 41:57position
- 41:58in
- 41:58our
- 41:58conversation
- 41:59during
- 41:59that
- 41:59episode.
- 42:00But
- 42:01then
- 42:01we
- 42:02have
- 42:02a
- 42:02choice.
- 42:03Do
- 42:04we
- 42:04shift,
- 42:05which
- 42:06is
- 42:06what
- 42:06we
- 42:06need
- 42:07to
- 42:07do
- 42:07so
- 42:08we
- 42:08don't
- 42:08miss
- 42:08those
- 42:09opportunities,
- 42:10those
- 42:11wonderful,
- 42:11beautiful
- 42:13opportunities
- 42:14in
- 42:14the
- 42:14educational
- 42:15space.
- 42:16So
- 42:16do
- 42:16we
- 42:16shift
- 42:17and
- 42:17change,
- 42:18or
- 42:18do
- 42:18we
- 42:19dismiss?
- 42:21So
- 42:21I'm
- 42:21going
- 42:21to
- 42:21let
- 42:22you
- 42:22know
- 42:23that
- 42:24the
- 42:24way
- 42:24traditional
- 42:25schools
- 42:25are
- 42:25structured
- 42:26according
- 42:26to
- 42:27the
- 42:27status
- 42:27quo,
- 42:29it
- 42:29is
- 42:29dismissive
- 42:30and
- 42:30deficit
- 42:32in
- 42:32its
- 42:33structuring.
- 42:33And
- 42:34I
- 42:34also,
- 42:35too,
- 42:35look
- 42:36forward
- 42:36to
- 42:37the
- 42:37down
- 42:37under
- 42:38conversation.
- 42:40Can
- 42:41I
- 42:41throw
- 42:42one
- 42:43other
- 42:43step
- 42:44into
- 42:44that
- 42:45beautiful
- 42:46taxonomy
- 42:47that
- 42:47you
- 42:47just
- 42:47created?
- 42:48The
- 42:48conversation,
- 42:49Alicia?
- 42:50It
- 42:51would
- 42:51be
- 42:52that
- 42:53part
- 42:53of
- 42:53that
- 42:53disruption
- 42:55is
- 42:56collaborative
- 42:56problem
- 42:57solving.
- 42:58Yes,
- 42:58yes.
- 42:59And.
- 43:00And
- 43:00when
- 43:00I
- 43:01have
- 43:01had
- 43:01the
- 43:01privilege
- 43:02of
- 43:02working
- 43:02with
- 43:03so
- 43:04many
- 43:04outstanding
- 43:05educational
- 43:06colleagues
- 43:06who
- 43:06are
- 43:07serving
- 43:08neurally
- 43:09diverse
- 43:09and
- 43:09neurodivergent
- 43:11students
- 43:11and
- 43:12their
- 43:12families,
- 43:14when
- 43:14they
- 43:15stop
- 43:15and
- 43:15pause,
- 43:16I
- 43:16don't
- 43:17have
- 43:17to
- 43:17tell
- 43:17them
- 43:17they've
- 43:18done
- 43:18that
- 43:18several
- 43:19thousand
- 43:19times
- 43:19in
- 43:20the
- 43:20first
- 43:20week
- 43:20they
- 43:20met
- 43:20the
- 43:21child.
- 43:22But
- 43:23then
- 43:23the
- 43:23conversation
- 43:24broadens
- 43:25and
- 43:25the
- 43:26joining
- 43:26of
- 43:26hands
- 43:27and
- 43:27the
- 43:27expanding
- 43:28of
- 43:28the
- 43:28circle
- 43:29of
- 43:29invested
- 43:30people,
- 43:30and
- 43:30that
- 43:31child
- 43:31is
- 43:31right
- 43:32at
- 43:32the
- 43:32center
- 43:33because,
- 43:33as
- 43:34you
- 43:34have
- 43:34said
- 43:34so
- 43:35beautifully,
- 43:35Chiara,
- 43:36that
- 43:36child
- 43:36knows
- 43:37so
- 43:37much
- 43:38so
- 43:39quickly
- 43:40about
- 43:40herself
- 43:41and
- 43:42has
- 43:42to
- 43:42be
- 43:42at
- 43:42the
- 43:43center
- 43:43of
- 43:43all
- 43:44the
- 43:44way
- 43:44forward.
- 43:45When
- 43:46we
- 43:46broaden
- 43:46that
- 43:46conversation,
- 43:47when
- 43:48we
- 43:48allow
- 43:48our
- 43:48talented
- 43:49related
- 43:49services
- 43:50professionals,
- 43:51our
- 43:51speech
- 43:51and
- 43:51language
- 43:52therapists,
- 43:53our
- 43:53OTPT
- 43:54individuals
- 43:55in
- 43:55on
- 43:55the
- 43:55conversation,
- 43:56when
- 43:57we
- 43:57allow
- 43:57our
- 43:57consultant
- 43:58special
- 43:58ed
- 43:59teachers
- 43:59in
- 43:59on
- 43:59the
- 43:59conversation
- 44:00and
- 44:00the
- 44:00teaching
- 44:01assistants
- 44:01who
- 44:01support
- 44:02their
- 44:02incredible
- 44:02work,
- 44:03and
- 44:03those
- 44:03individuals
- 44:04then
- 44:05have
- 44:05time
- 44:06that
- 44:06school
- 44:07leaders
- 44:07create
- 44:08for
- 44:08them
- 44:09to
- 44:09speak
- 44:10specifically
- 44:11about
- 44:11the
- 44:11challenges,
- 44:12to
- 44:13create
- 44:13a
- 44:14hospitable
- 44:14conversation
- 44:15for
- 44:15the
- 44:15child,
- 44:16for
- 44:16the
- 44:16learner
- 44:17to
- 44:17join
- 44:17them.
- 44:18The
- 44:18possibilities
- 44:19that
- 44:20explode
- 44:21from
- 44:22that
- 44:22work
- 44:23are
- 44:24amazing
- 44:24to
- 44:24behold.
- 44:25And
- 44:26that's
- 44:26how
- 44:26we
- 44:26disrupt.
- 44:27That's
- 44:28how
- 44:28we
- 44:28shift.
- 44:29That's
- 44:29how
- 44:29we
- 44:29expand
- 44:30what
- 44:30learning
- 44:31can
- 44:31look
- 44:31like.
- 44:32Yes.
- 44:33And
- 44:33if
- 44:33we
- 44:34don't
- 44:34do
- 44:34it
- 44:34together,
- 44:36then
- 44:37we're
- 44:37also
- 44:38missing
- 44:38a
- 44:38very
- 44:38important
- 44:39opportunity.
- 44:42So
- 44:42as
- 44:43we
- 44:43get
- 44:43ready
- 44:43to
- 44:43wrap
- 44:43up
- 44:44this
- 44:44part
- 44:44of
- 44:44the
- 44:44episode,
- 44:44we're
- 44:45going
- 44:45to
- 44:45get
- 44:45saltier
- 44:45and
- 44:46below
- 44:46deck
- 44:46in
- 44:46just
- 44:46a
- 44:47few
- 44:47minutes.
- 44:47So
- 44:47you're
- 44:47going
- 44:47to
- 44:47want
- 44:48to
- 44:48join
- 44:48us
- 44:48over
- 44:48there
- 44:49for
- 44:49that
- 44:49conversation.
- 44:50Right.
- 44:50But
- 44:50innovation
- 44:51rooted
- 44:51in
- 44:51humanity
- 44:54is
- 44:54about
- 44:54looking
- 44:55at
- 44:55the
- 44:55individual
- 44:56needs
- 44:56of
- 44:56each
- 44:57and
- 44:57every
- 44:58student.
- 44:59And
- 44:59that
- 44:59includes
- 45:02how
- 45:02they
- 45:02think,
- 45:03how
- 45:03they
- 45:03believe,
- 45:03how
- 45:04they
- 45:04behave,
- 45:05how
- 45:05they
- 45:05feel.
- 45:06Right.
- 45:07And
- 45:07I
- 45:07want
- 45:08to
- 45:08leave
- 45:08you
- 45:08with
- 45:08Chiara's
- 45:09brilliant
- 45:09three
- 45:10words,
- 45:11stop
- 45:12and
- 45:13pause.
- 45:14We'll
- 45:14see
- 45:14you
- 45:15next
- 45:15week
- 45:15in
- 45:15the
- 45:16wheelhouse.
- 45:23Pause.
- 45:241,
- 45:242,
- 45:253,
- 45:254.
- 45:26You
- 45:26ready
- 45:26for
- 45:26the
- 45:26after
- 45:26show?
- 45:31Welcome
- 45:32to
- 45:33Below
- 45:33Deck.
- 45:34Sorry,
- 45:35that's
- 45:35not
- 45:35right.
- 45:38I
- 45:38got
- 45:39to
- 45:39do
- 45:39a
- 45:39commercial
- 45:39too.
- 45:39I
- 45:39forgot
- 45:40to
- 45:40mention.
- 45:41I
- 45:41forgot
- 45:42to
- 45:42mention
- 45:42that.
- 45:42So
- 45:42we're
- 45:42going
- 45:43to
- 45:43go
- 45:43three,
- 45:43two,
- 45:44one.
- 45:44I'm
- 45:45going
- 45:45to
- 45:45try
- 45:45to
- 45:45do
- 45:45this.
- 45:45Yes.
- 45:48If
- 45:48you'd
- 45:49like
- 45:49to
- 45:49hear
- 45:49more
- 45:49of
- 45:50this
- 45:50amazing
- 45:50conversation,
- 45:51then
- 45:52we
- 45:52have
- 45:52a
- 45:52second
- 45:53part
- 45:53or
- 45:53an
- 45:54after
- 45:54show
- 45:55called
- 45:55the
- 45:55Wheelhouse
- 45:56All
- 45:57Hands
- 45:57on
- 45:57Deck.
- 45:58Only
- 45:58available
- 45:59at
- 46:00Lern
- 46:00Harbor.
- 46:01So
- 46:01join
- 46:01us
- 46:01in
- 46:02the
- 46:02Wheelhouse
- 46:02below
- 46:03deck@learnharbor.thinkific.com
- 46:13and
- 46:14that's
- 46:14a
- 46:14wrap
- 46:14on
- 46:15season
- 46:1511,
- 46:15episode
- 46:16four
- 46:16of
- 46:16the
- 46:16Wheelhouse.
- 46:17A
- 46:18special
- 46:18thank
- 46:18you
- 46:19to
- 46:19today's
- 46:19amazing
- 46:20guest,
- 46:20Kiara
- 46:21Latimer,
- 46:22Director
- 46:22of
- 46:22the
- 46:22center
- 46:23for
- 46:23Neurodiversity
- 46:24and
- 46:24PATH
- 46:24at
- 46:24Rowan
- 46:25University,
- 46:26along
- 46:26with
- 46:26the
- 46:26Wheelhouse
- 46:27team
- 46:28of
- 46:28Kathy
- 46:28Mone,
- 46:29Michael
- 46:29Pipa,
- 46:30and
- 46:30Dr.
- 46:30Alicia
- 46:31Munro
- 46:31for
- 46:32helping
- 46:32us
- 46:32navigate
- 46:33this
- 46:33season's
- 46:33journey
- 46:34toward
- 46:34Future
- 46:34Ready
- 46:35Schools.
- 46:36Innovation
- 46:37Rooted
- 46:37in
- 46:38Humanity
- 46:39if
- 46:39you're
- 46:39a
- 46:40like
- 46:40minded
- 46:40educator
- 46:41who
- 46:41believes
- 46:41the
- 46:41future
- 46:42of
- 46:42learning
- 46:42must
- 46:43stay
- 46:43human
- 46:44centered,
- 46:45we'd
- 46:45love
- 46:45for
- 46:46you
- 46:46to
- 46:46stay
- 46:46connected.
- 46:47Follow
- 46:48Students
- 46:48Matter
- 46:48LLC
- 46:49on
- 46:49Instagram
- 46:50or
- 46:50LinkedIn
- 46:51or
- 46:51find
- 46:51any
- 46:51of
- 46:52us
- 46:52there.
- 46:53Cathy
- 46:53mone,
- 46:54Michael
- 46:54Pipa,
- 46:55Dr.
- 46:55Alicia
- 46:56Munro,
- 46:56and
- 46:56me,
- 46:57Dr.
- 46:57Grant
- 46:58Chandler.
- 46:59We're
- 46:59also
- 46:59thrilled
- 47:00to
- 47:00invite
- 47:00you
- 47:00to
- 47:00step
- 47:00inside
- 47:01the
- 47:01Wheelhouse
- 47:01Below
- 47:02Deck
- 47:02at
- 47:03Learn
- 47:03harbor,
- 47:04our
- 47:04new
- 47:04online
- 47:05space
- 47:05where
- 47:05these
- 47:06conversations
- 47:06come
- 47:07to
- 47:07life.
- 47:08It's
- 47:08really
- 47:08more
- 47:08than
- 47:09a
- 47:09platform,
- 47:09it's
- 47:09a
- 47:10community.
- 47:11A
- 47:11free
- 47:11curated
- 47:12safe
- 47:13harbor
- 47:13for
- 47:13educators,
- 47:14leaders
- 47:14and
- 47:15thinkers
- 47:15who
- 47:16want
- 47:16to
- 47:16reflect,
- 47:17connect
- 47:18and
- 47:18take
- 47:18action
- 47:19together.
- 47:20Inside
- 47:20Below
- 47:21Deck
- 47:21you'll
- 47:21find
- 47:21our
- 47:22special
- 47:22segment
- 47:23the
- 47:23Wheelhouse.
- 47:24All
- 47:24Hands
- 47:24on
- 47:25Deck.
- 47:26Extended
- 47:26content
- 47:27from
- 47:27today's
- 47:28episode
- 47:28where
- 47:29purpose
- 47:29meets
- 47:30possibility
- 47:31and
- 47:31learning
- 47:32stays
- 47:32joyful,
- 47:33collaborative
- 47:34and
- 47:34deeply
- 47:35human.
- 47:36Join
- 47:36us
- 47:36at
- 47:37learnharbor.thinkific.com
- 47:40and
- 47:40become
- 47:40part
- 47:41of
- 47:41this
- 47:41growing
- 47:42movement
- 47:42to
- 47:43build
- 47:43Future
- 47:44Ready
- 47:44schools
- 47:45where
- 47:46innovation
- 47:47is
- 47:47always
- 47:48rooted
- 47:48in
- 47:49humanity.
- 47:50Until
- 47:50next
- 47:51time,
- 47:51keep
- 47:52your
- 47:52doors
- 47:52open
- 47:53and
- 47:53your
- 47:53hearts
- 47:54even
- 47:54wider.