Episode 82: Changing Neurodivergent Lives Through Education Reform with Simran Deol
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
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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.
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