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In the second ‘Science & Flavour of Aarhus’ talk world-renowned scientist, Professor Mary Helen Immordino-Yang (University of Southern California) discussed teenage development and how we learn and grow, and ultimately how this should reframe education. Emotions and narrativizing play a large role.

The Evangelical family’s twisted obsession with corporal punishment.

Spanking found to impact children's brain response, leading to lasting consequences

The more children are spanked, the more likely they are to defy their parents and experience increased anti-social behavior and other difficulties, according to a new meta-analysis of 50 years of research.

A look at the history and myth of the objective journalist and how this ideal has been used to silence marginalized voices.  In The View from Somewhere, Lewis Raven Wallace dives deep into the history of “objectivity” in journalism and how its been used to gatekeep and silence marginalized writers as far back as Ida B. Wells. At its core, this is a book about fierce journalists who have pursued truth and transparency and sometimes been punished for it—not just by tyrannical governments but by journalistic institutions themselves. He highlights the stories of journalists who question “objectivity” with sensitivity and passion: Desmond Cole of the Toronto Star; New York Times reporter Linda Greenhouse; Pulitzer Prize-winner Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah; Peabody-winning podcaster John Biewen; Guardian correspondent Gary Younge; former Buzzfeed reporter Meredith Talusan; and many others. Wallace also shares his own experiences as a midwestern transgender journalist and activist who was fired from his job as a national reporter for public radio for speaking out against “objectivity” in coverage of Trump and white supremacy.    With insightful steps through history, Wallace stresses that journalists have never been mere passive observers. Using historical and contemporary examples—from lynching in the nineteenth century to transgender issues in the twenty-first—Wallace offers a definitive critique of “objectivity” as a catchall for accurate journalism. He calls for the dismissal of this damaging mythology in order to confront the realities of institutional power, racism, and other forms of oppression and exploitation in the news industry.  The View from Somewhere is a compelling rallying cry against journalist neutrality and for the validity of news told from distinctly subjective voices.

Like a lot of people, I’ve been losing sleep over the news of the last week. As a working journalist, I’ve been deeply questioning not just…

Couple of easy straightforward questions for us to chew on: 1. What is ‘objectivity’ supposed to mean? And 2. does it exist? Lewis Raven Wallace, a journalist and audiomaker fired from his public radio job over his blog post entitled ‘Objectivity is dead and I'm okay with it’, considers the principa

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Aspie supremacists believe ‘aspies’ have extraordinary powers that not only make their existence worthwhile—but make them better than others.

Lab-based tasks suggest autistic people have increased perceptual capacity (i.e. process more information at any one time) compared to non-autistic people. Here...

As many as one in five children in the UK are neurodivergent, with the majority attending mainstream education. A major project is improving their experience in school.

Questioning breakfast and basic needs is just one small piece in a larger mosaic of reimagining and recreating education (and society). Published by Human Restoration Project, a 501(c)3 organization restoring humanity to education.

The Rehabilitation Services Administration of the United States Department of Education announced this week that $251 million will be awarded to 27 businesses around the country. The money is being…

Before I introduce The Neurodiversity Smorgasbord, I would like to acknowledge that this framework which I started to develop in 2022 has been inspired, shaped, influenced by movements that have come before as well as Mad, Disabled and Neurodivergent Indigenous and Black scholars, thinkers, writers

The data about the effectiveness of letting people choose remote work if they want to is at this point overwhelmingly in favor of remote work. Yet, a lot of managers and organizations like to say “…

"I remember one teacher who refused to let me go to the toilet so I deliberately crapped my pants in the class."

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — According to Whetstone High School students, using the bathroom has become a difficult feat. Freshman Nora Hardesty said the bathrooms at the Columbus City Schools (CCS) high school are dirty, mirrorless and frequently locked. She said those that are open require students to wait in long lines under teacher supervision, and […]

American public schools became “failing schools” exactly when they needed to, to fit the needs of the Fantasy Economy An education podcast from Human Restoration Project.

Nonprofit counts more than 1,300 U.S. schools where students beat the odds

sing option. However, well-designed studies are rare, and the apprehension about cardiovascular side effects from large doses continues to exist. Purpose The aims of this study were (1) to demonstrate the feasibility of treating aggression with high-dose propranolol using telehealth study visits and (2) to document cardiac safety. Methods This study utilized a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover design. Dosing was titrated up in a flexible but stepwise fashion until therapeutic response was obtained or up to 200 mg tid. Following washout, those who were assigned propranolol were crossed over to placebo and vice versa. Six participants between the ages 12–19 participated. The primary outcome measures were the final Clinical Global Impression Improvement Scale (CGI-I) and the Aberrant Behavior Checklist—Community Irritability (ABC-C/I) scores at 200 mg tid. Results The CGI-I indicated a 50% reduction in symptoms in the propranolol phase, while the ABC-I indicated a 37% reduction in comparison to placebo. The effect sizes (r) for the CGI-I and the ABC-C/I were large, −0.74 and −0.64, respectively. The average blood pressure was 122/68 during the placebo phase and 109/72 during the propranolol phase. All Holter monitor exams were unremarkable. Conclusion These results suggest that propranolol is an effective option in decreasing aggression in individuals with ASD. As this was a small study, a larger clinical trial is needed....

Neurodivergent children educated in mainstream classrooms too often face poor outcomes compared to neurotypical peers. These may be caused, or exacerbated, by t...

In this article, we engage in a critical conversation with scholars of neurodiversity. We emphasize the transformative role neurodiversity has in creating a cru...

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Autism diagnoses in adulthood have risen substantially over recent years. While providing potential benefits, many autistic adults struggle to navigate their ne...