In Part 1, I wrote about the pause between impulse and response.the space where reflection, kindness, humour and freedom live.I argued that this pause is ...
Part 4 — Reclaiming Childhood
We tell ourselves that labels help children.Sometimes they do.A label can gather a confusing pattern ...
Part 3 — Reclaiming Childhood
You can see it in ordinary life.A child moves from breakfast to screen,from screen to ...
Part 2. Reclaiming Childhood
What You Are Looking for Is Where You Are Looking From“She just has a short ...
Part 1 — Reclaiming Childhood
A parent leaves a meeting with a new word for their child: ADHD.The relief is ...
Reclaiming Childhood
This is the first piece in a short series about childhood, attention, and what we ...
Neurodiversity Lied to Me
The fact of diversity is descriptive.The claim that diversity is good is evaluative.Those are not ...
You Don’t Choose Your First Thought
A neuroscientist says free will doesn’t exist.A philosopher says it does.Both are persuasive. Both are serious.And ...
We’re Labelling Children Faster Than We’re Understanding Them
It is late afternoon.You pick your child up from school, nursery, or a playdate.Someone tells ...
Autism and ADHD Are Not Identities
Sartre said that existence precedes essence.I would argue that the Heideggerian brain inherits predispositions, but ...