Stories from The Future of Normal

EDUCATION

MARTIN

Neurodivergent Private School
New York City

REX

Homeschooling
Rural Vermon

JAKOR

Inclusive School District
Teaneck, New Jersey


SYSTEMS

DR. MEL
Neuroinclusive Healthcare

SUMMER
Advocacy & Neuroinclusive Workplace

“We all have different brains. We think, learn, play, communicate, and experience the world differently. ‘One size fits all’ does not work for all. Everything we do, we offer in multiple different ways. We believe this is an important part of helping people feel like they belong.”

- Dr. Mel

DANTE
Criminal Justice & Prison Reform

“I was what they considered hyperactive. I got put on Ritalin and Thorazine. I was thirteen. I think it stems from doctors just trying to put a Band Aid on a bullet wound.”

- Dante

“Growing up, I realized that I was different early on. My younger self really struggled to fit in ... and it made me feel really invisible. Having an autism diagnosis is allowing me to really belong. It made me feel this connection that I had been longing for most of my life.”

- Summer

ASHLEY
Public Policy

“I remember struggling to read. There was a point in middle school, where I felt like people in my classes had other classes that I didn’t know about... I was devastated. I graduated from high school with a 1.4 GPA.”

- Ashley