By Dayniah Manderson — 2018
I’m a tenured, deeply qualified New York City teacher, but some only see my disability. At least my students know the impact I can make in the world.
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Don't underestimate young people's power to change the world.
A few months and many deaths ago, I woke up exhausted, again. Every morning, I felt like I was rebuilding myself from the ground up. Waking up was hard. Getting to my desk to write was hard. Taking care of my body was hard. Remembering the point of it all was hard.
“The movement towards personalization is already advancing in medicine. We must move quickly in that direction in education, too.”
I am becoming increasingly concerned that intellectually gifted children are being denied opportunities because they are being labeled either Asperger’s or high functioning autism.
Psychologist Rick Hanson discusses how to strengthen our capacity for wisdom, peace, and enlightenment.