Changing neurodivergent lives through education reform

Our guest today wants to reform education to support neurodiverse students better. She believes empowering individuals to learn about their unique intelligence will change their lives. Today's guest is Simran Deol, a student at Harvard University who graduated with a Master's Degree in Human Development & Education and has spent many years working in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Before attending Harvard, Simran was a struggling student, failing school. She barely graduated high school and was put on academic probation during undergrad. When she was 19, she was diagnosed with Specific Learning Disorder in reading, writing, math, and ADHD. After this significant life change, she understood how her brain worked and got her needed support to turn her life around. Since then, she has been working on a series of neurodiversity awareness projects, such as creating her organization, "The Abstract Genius", speaking on podcasts and conferences and writing articles. In today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Simran speak about: Struggling in the educational system Having to work extra hard and still failing How ADHD affects sleep, noticing and working with your sleep patterns Medication personal choices Trusting our intuitive instincts The way Simran's diagnosis changed her educational experience Healing from past "failures" once you know it's ADHD How Simran's parents reacted to her diagnosis How Simran wants to transform education and learning techniques Making learning more neurodivergent friendly * All information about Kate's groundbreaking ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series is available here * Thanks to my sponsor, Brain.FM: You can start your free trial via https://brain.fm/adhdwomenswellbeing Discount code: adhdwomenswellbeing Kate Moryoussef is a women’s ADHD Lifestyle & Wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner helping overwhelmed yet unfulfilled (many with ADHD like her) women find more calm, balance, health, compassion, creativity and clarity. Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here. Follow the podcast on Instagram here Follow Kate on Instagram here Have a read of Kate’s articles in ADDitude magazine here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices