Showing results for "Neurodiversity" in Education & Learning

'If you are a parent worrying whether self-directed education will work for your child, because you have been told that they have special needs which can only be met in the school system - think again' Neurodivergent children experience and interact with the world differently to many of their...

Neurodiversity for Dummies is your essential guide in understanding neurodivergent conditions like autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and more. This quick and easy guide is perfect for anyone needing to know more about neurodiversity. And that's all of us-because recent estimates say that 15-20% of the world's population have some form of neurodivergence.

Ableism is embedded in our daily lives. Social life, education, work, and, especially, mental health have been organized around rigid ideas of the "ideal" and the "normal" citizen—ideas that always exclude neurodiversity. In this pathbreaking book, Chantelle Jessica Lewis and Jason Arday argue that the neurodiversity movement offers ways to mobilize against not only ableism but also other "isms" including racism and capitalism.

The official podcast for the Professional Association of Specific Learning Difference Specialists in Higher Education (PASSHE), formerly known as Association of Dyslexia Specialists in Higher Education (ADSHE), a pioneering organisation with over 20 years of dedicated service in supporting and enhancing the expertise of professionals who work with students with Specific Learning Differences (SpLDs) in Higher Education. Each quarter, we meet students, lecturers and educators who work in the sector of learning support for Dyslexia, ADHD and other SpLDs. We discuss their experiences and the ...

Brought to you by Penguin. How do two languages co-exist in the same brain? Why is it possible to forget a language? What are the advantages and challenges of being bilingual? Over half of the world's population is bilingual and yet this fascinating, complex ability is understood by few. In The...