TPP 424: Creating Neurodiversity-Affirming Schools, with Amanda Morin & Emily Kircher-Morris
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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When I think about what it means to be neurodiversity affirming, one of my favorite phrases is to talk about how do we work with our students' brains instead of against them. You cannot continue to try to force that square peg into the round hole without having long-term damaging trauma impacts realistically. And the problem with that is when we think about the goals that we have for our students, what are we thinking about long-term? What do we really want for them? We want for them to be happy. We want for them to be successful. We want for them to live the life that is meaningful to them. So setting them up for that is not the same as mastering a very specific curriculum and checking off all the boxes.
I'm Debbie Rieber, and welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. Today we're diving into a topic that's not just timely, but that can transform education for all students creating neurodiversity affirming schools. Joining me to share their vision for what's possible in education are two extraordinary advocates and experts. Experts, two women I am lucky to call friends, Amanda Morin and Emily Kircher Morris. They have collaborated on a wonderful new book on this topic just out today. In fact, it's called Neurodiversity Affirming Schools: Transforming Practices so all students feel accepted and supported.
Amanda Morin, a neurodivergent neurodiversity activist and award-winning author of six books, is an early education specialist in Speaker dedicated to fostering inclusive environments. With expertise in learning, child development, universal design for learning, and advocacy, Amanda simplifies complex topics for parents, educators, and employers to advance accessibility for all. Emily Kircher Morris, a licensed professional counselor and neurodiversity advocate, draws on over a decade of experience working with neurodivergent individuals as a twice-exceptional. Individual, she combines personal insight and professional expertise to create affirming spaces that empower learners and transform education.
So, in today's episode, we explored why embracing neurodiversity in schools benefits every student, not just those with IEPs. Amanda and Emily unpack the barriers to change in education, including stigma and fear, and introduce how strategies like universal Universal Design for Learning or UDL can be used to create truly inclusive classrooms. We also discussed the Neurodiversity Affirming Teachers Compact, which is a framework for educators to embrace diverse learning needs. And finally, the importance of fostering self-advocacy skills in neurodivergent students. As you'll hear in this conversation, this episode is not about calling teachers and schools out. It is about calling them in and working together to make education serve each individual student.
I hope you enjoyed this conversation with Emily Kircher Morris and Amanda Morin. Well, hello, Emily. Hello, Amanda. Welcome back to the pod. Both of you are return guests. Nice to see you guys today. Yeah, it's good to see you. Thanks for having us. Yes. I've been looking forward to this all day. All week, actually. I have read your formal bios, and I have a hunch my listeners are familiar with both of your work, but I still would love to get just a little bit about your story and maybe you each share how you came to this collaboration because when I found out you guys partnered, I was like, oh my gosh, this is gonna be magic. So I'd love to hear a little bit about the origin story of this project.
Sure. I mean I I can start and also I love that you love that it's magic because it didn't always feel like magic.
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