Education

As many as one in five people around the world are neurodivergent, but many of those cases are undiagnosed. Diagnosed autism, for example, is less common than undiagnosed autism. If you have neurodivergent kids, or you suspect that they might be, it can be unclear how best to support them. Not all neurodivergent kids need additional help from their parents, but many do. In this handy guide, you’ll learn how to equip yourself with a better understanding of neurodivergence. We’ll outline what neurodiversity means, and identify the best online...

Dyslexia is a language-based learning disorder in which people have trouble reading. People with dyslexia can struggle with reading comprehension, reading at a good pace, spelling, and writing. It is estimated that around 5-10% of people experience dyslexia. Dyslexia is not due to a lack of intelligence or willingness to learn. While dyslexia can’t be outgrown, there are a variety of tools that help readers cope with dyslexia and overcome its challenges. Many students struggle in class due to dyslexia, but these dyslexia tools, which can be implemented by...

Education is a different beast than it was even a decade ago. The internet has changed the field as kids can now learn just as quickly from online resources as they can from being in a classroom. With more than half a million educational apps and millions of educational websites, it could take you the rest of your life to check out each one to see if it is appropriate for your children or students. To save you some serious time, here are five of the most popular and...

Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a disorder that can be difficult to first diagnose as individuals have certain strengths and weaknesses that can mask the developmental disability. In fact, it can often go undiagnosed throughout childhood, only for it to be identified in adulthood. To say it can be frustrating for parents to understand how autism affects their children, and finding autism resources, is an understatement. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 in 27 boys is diagnosed with autism compared to 1...