Perspectives

What we can expect for 2022—in the workplace, throughout the education system, and within schools.

As a psychologist, I have spent over a decade investigating how learning and thinking differences can impact academic progress.

Voices of the 1 in 5: Guest Post: So often, parents and families of children with learning and thinking differences feel alone on their journeys. At Understood, we’re building a community to change that.

Voices of the 1 in 5: Guest Post: So often, parents of children with learning and thinking differences feel alone on their journeys. At Understood, we’re building a community to change that.

Remote learning has created considerable challenges for all of us over the past eighteen months.

With the return to the classroom, let’s meet students where they are.

When marketers talk about “influencers,” they generally refer to a social media influencer — someone on YouTube, Instagram, or TikTok with millions of followers who often charge brands to promote products to their audiences.

When it comes to pandemic schooling, kids who learn and think differently are struggling.

When a company wants to drive revenue through compelling digital experiences, they’ll often use design thinking — a philosophy that centers the needs of the user. Talking to users to uncover and solve their problems is a best-practice way to build products that people will consume.

More than a year into the pandemic, many families have faced challenges —from difficulties with distance learning to unemployment or financial instability, yet results from Understood’s new “Pandemic Learning Impact Study” highlight a stark difference between the experiences of neurotypical families compared to those whose children learn and think differently, like dyslexia and ADHD.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Here, Understood’s Andrew Lee reflects on the “model minority” myth and how it harms Asian Americans who learn and think differently.

Flexible, inclusive work environments could—and should—be the future.