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TJ Tripp is ensuring that our employees are equipped to make better decisions for users
Data shouldn’t confuse people or slow them down. But it can — when it’s not readily available. TJ Tripp believes that when Understood team members are held back by lack of information, the people who feel it the most are the neurodivergent people we serve. That’s why he’s spent years making data readily accessible and easy to understand.
Q&A with Asata Evans: How Understood.org is redefining fundraising through movement
It’s been powerful watching people come together, many meeting for the first time, and realize they’re not alone in their experience.
Reintroducing Understood.org: A letter from our founders, Nancy and Fred Poses
Nancy and Fred Poses reflect on why they founded Understood, how our community has grown, and how the brand is evolving to keep up.
Behind the research: What our team discovered about the power of podcasts for women with ADHD
Dr. Ann Bennett and Dr. Kate Ames talk about how their podcast study came together, what surprised them along the way, and what we can learn from it.
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View AllBehind the research: What our team discovered about the power of podcasts for women with ADHD
Dr. Ann Bennett and Dr. Kate Ames talk about how their podcast study came together, what surprised them along the way, and what we can learn from it.
I’m an OT and I still struggle with the back-to-school mental load
Preparing for the back-to-school transition every year felt like someone was stacking heavy stone slabs on top of my already heavy mental load.
What the report card isn’t telling you: How to support a child who is masking
When kids with ADHD mask their challenges, it’s often invisible to the adults around them. But over time, it can come at a significant emotional cost.
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Meet the noise every parent of a neurodivergent kid knows
Everyone has an opinion. But only you have to live with the outcome. When you’re ready for less noise, start at Understood.org.
TJ Tripp is ensuring that our employees are equipped to make better decisions for users
Data shouldn’t confuse people or slow them down. But it can — when it’s not readily available. TJ Tripp believes that when Understood team members are held back by lack of information, the people who feel it the most are the neurodivergent people we serve. That’s why he’s spent years making data readily accessible and easy to understand.
Q&A with Asata Evans: How Understood.org is redefining fundraising through movement
It’s been powerful watching people come together, many meeting for the first time, and realize they’re not alone in their experience.
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Rethinking how to fuel creativity: Designing the workplace for all minds
Industry culture and workplaces are still designed around neurotypical ways of working. The good news? We have the tools and the momentum to evolve.
Understood Expert Rayma Griffin discusses Giving Tuesday
You have the power to make a change this Giving Tuesday!
Academia to action: Parents of neurodivergent kids need answers
Research isn’t reaching families quickly enough.
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