Teaching Tuesday

This week, ANM is opening up a conversation about DCD—Developmental Coordination Disorder. You may also hear it called dyspraxia. DCD affects movement and coordination. It can make ordinary things like writing, dressing, using tools, playin

If reading homework regularly ends in frustration, tears or avoidance, please pause before calling the child lazy. A learner who understands a story when it is read aloud—but struggles to read the same story independently—may need closer su

It helps us organise, plan, prioritise, remember information, manage emotions and complete tasks. For many people with ADHD, these skills require significantly more effort. That doesn’t mean they lack potential.

For years, people with ADHD have been told one of two stories. Either they are lazy, careless and not trying hard enough, or they are superheroes with special gifts. This article argues that neither story tells the whole truth. While streng

That is not a character flaw. At home, in school and at work, we need to stop punishing difference and start redesigning the environment. Which support would make the biggest difference where you are?

This can be especially hard to recognise when someone is masking. Masking is when an autistic person hides their differences or forces themselves to act in ways that seem more acceptable to others. They may stay quiet, copy others, push thr

Many people think ADHD is simply an inability to pay attention. In reality, ADHD is often a challenge with regulation. This can include regulating:

But they may be overwhelmed—not unwilling. Sometimes they have spent the whole day masking: hiding stress, copying others, forcing eye contact, managing noise, following social rules and trying to appear “fine.” That effort can be exhaustin

Autistic meltdowns and shutdowns are responses to overload, not attention-seeking or bad behaviour. 💙 Meltdown • Loss of regulation