Understanding Neurodiversity
Disability is the New Ability
What Is Neurodiversity?
Neurodiversity is how the brain is wired; because of this, it may look different in different people. To learn more about neurodiversity, pick any one of the videos you would like to focus on and get ready to learn!
What is Neurodiversity?
This video focuses on and explains what neurodiversity means! Was it what you expected? The video is by Differing Minds on YouTube. This channel focuses on raising awareness for neurodiversity.
What is Neurodiversity? Neurodiversity Celebration Week
This video explains what neurodiversity is and celebrates Neurodiversity Week with kids who are diagnosed with ADHD, Dyslexia, and Autism. This video was made by BBC Newsround, which the channel focuses on sharing the news with kids.
Explaining Neurodivergence to Neurotypical Children
See how neurodiversity is explained to neurotypical children. After watching this, now you are certified to explain neurodiversity to someone! This video was made by Bubble Education, which focuses on making educational videos for children on YouTube.
What is ADHD?
This video focuses on what ADHD is and what it's like to have ADHD as a child. This video is by Amazing Things Project, which focuses on animated videos to help kids, the "future generation," understand what it is to be neurodiverse, and the channel startted by mainly focusing on autism.
What is dyslexia? - Kelli Sandman-Hurley
This video is by TED-Ed on YouTube, that focuses on explaining what Dyslexia is. The channel focuses on sharing lessons that are worth sharing with the public.
Amazing Things Happen!
This video does a deep dive into what Autism looks like with illustrations for kids. The video is by Amazing Things Project, an animated video channel that helps kids, the "future generation," understand what it is to be neurodiverse, and the channel startted by mainly focusing on autism.
Disability is the New Ability
About this Website
This site is created to put neurotypical people in the shoes of a neurodiverse person. This was done because there is no better way to understand someone than to be in their shoes. "How will I be in a neurodiverse person's shoes?" you might ask. Well... each page is designed to represent the diagnosis, especially in its title. For example, the ADHD page has the title swinging because the brain is like an engine for someone with ADHD, and they could also be hyperactive, so the section is designed like that. The same thing goes to the Dyslexia and Autism sections, but for Dyslexia, it is spelled wrong on purpose, and the letters appear late because dyslexia deals with reading and not being able to acknowledge the word right away, even if you know it. And for Autism, there is a blur effect because people with Autism miss a social cue, which can feel like a blur to them, especially when trying to adjust to the "norm".
A big shout-out to Matt Cannon, Jono Brandel, and Rachel Smith from CodePen, who designed the coded elements used in the ADHD, Dyslexia, and Autism pages!
Mission
The mission of this site is to allow kids to do activities with their classmates by teaching their care takers how to control the environment with a neurodivergent kid. And this is done by promoting the acceptance and inclusion of neurodiverse individuals by sharing resources and fostering a supportive community!