Growing up, food was never neutral. It was moralized, restricted, praised, shamed, and sometimes used as punishment long before I had words for it. By age 8, I…
Read more “Dopamine, Not Discipline: The ADHD–Eating Disorder Link I Was Missing”Raising not one, but two children with ADHD should be easy for me. I’m a special education teacher and I have ADHD myself. I also have a deep…
Read more “I’m a Special Ed Teacher with ADHD — and Parenting My Neurodivergent Kids Is Still Hard!”Stay informed with trusted information, resources, and support delivered straight to your inbox. Choose the newsletters that interest you most. It appears JavaScript is disabled in your browser.…
Read more “5 ADHD Traits That Fueled (Not Hindered) My Growth”YouTube is updating its guidelines for videos containing what advertisers define as controversial content, like abortion and self-harm, allowing more creators to earn full ad revenue when they…
Read more YouTube relaxes monetization policy on videos with controversial contentA wave of intense shame pours over me as a familiar thought enters my head: What in the name of God am I doing with my life? And…
Read more “I Felt Like I Wasn’t Accessing My Potential.”Every January, the world sharpens its pencils and declares: Be more consistent.Follow through.Set firmer boundaries.Stick to the plan. But if you are raising a child with ADHD, as…
Read more “I Am No Longer Resolving to Fix My Child”Some mornings, I can tell before he even speaks. The air feels charged, as if the world inside his head has woken early. My son moves fast, talks…
Read more “Raising My ADHD Child Taught Me I Was Never Broken”Did you know that you can timebox and even postpone your worry? I don’t need to tell you that anxiety has a way of hijacking the ADHD brain’s…
Read more “Can’t Stop Worrying? Just Schedule It for Later”Shame — that deep sense of inadequacy and unworthiness — has the unique ability to travel across time, informing our present and our future. While the work of…
Read more “How Rewriting the Past Can Help You Overcome ADHD Shame”Almost without exception, parents tell me the same story: Meltdowns, yelling, and door-slamming the moment their teen is forced to quit their video game, log off TikTok, or…
Read more “7 Ways to Parent in the Age of Brain Rot”The following is a personal essay that reflects the opinion of its author. December 10, 2025 As a director of disability services in higher education, I am deeply…
Read more “College Accommodations Are Not a Loophole. They Are a Civil Right.”I finally got into Stranger Things. Not because of the terror and gore, but because the show, to my surprise, lays out perfect metaphors for ADHD. Like me,…
Read more “Stuck in the Upside Down: How Stranger Things Captures Life with ADHD”We all have childhood memories of upsetting an adult — of knowing we’re in trouble for disappointing a grown-up in one way or another. We remember the weight…
Read more “The Secret to Communicating with Rejection-Sensitive Kids”“Regulation is the foundation of everything, I’ve learned. Though the conditions I live with are about dysregulation to their core, I’ve managed to create a toolkit of grounding…
Read more 11 Grounding Techniques That Help Me Regulate“Nothing activates the brain so extensively as music,” said famed neurologist and musicphile Oliver Sacks, M.D. As an avid music fan with ADHD, I have lived this truth…
Read more An Ode to Music — My Lifelong ADHD CompanionThe following is a personal essay that reflects the opinion of its author. November 24, 2025 U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has never…
Read more The Damage Already Being DoneAs an autistic woman with ADHD, the horrific recent narratives around autism have left me bereft. I am exhausted, terrified, overstimulated, and vulnerable. My justice sensitivity is through…
Read more “When My Neurodivergent Advocacy Triggers Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria”The following is a personal essay that reflects the opinions and experiences of its author. October 16, 2025 This November marks the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with…
Read more Special Education Cuts Threaten IDEA Protections for StudentsIn everything from teen rom coms to relationship advice columns, kissing is painted as the litmus test for love, desire, and connection. What’s often overlooked is how complicated…
Read more “Does Kissing Feel Like a Sensory Nightmare to You?”The following is a personal essay, and reflects the opinion of its author. September 30, 2025 The Trump administration continued its attack on autism last week, this time…
Read more We Don’t Want a ‘Cure.’ We Want Understanding.