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We have differences like ADHD, dyslexia, learning disabilities, anxiety, and more. Here’s our advice for how to thrive in school, work, and life.
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🎒 School tips
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5 tips for taking better notes in class
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10 tips for staying focused when learning from home
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A guide to having hard conversations with your teacher
📚 Classroom highs and lows
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Math class… the perfect time to write a novel
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Teachers never understood me — and that’s OK
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Corona versus my college fall semester
👨🏻💻 Job tips
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Being open about dyslexia at my job is an advantage
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3 helpful articles for job hunting during the coronavirus pandemic
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Office lingo? Allow me to translate
💼 Career compass
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Quiz: Find your career superstar
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40+ career examples of people who learn and think differently
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4 jobs, ADHD, and a big transition
🤔 What am I good at?
🤣 Funnies and memes
⚡️ Life hacks
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How the Five-Second Rule changed my ADHD life
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How I beat my social media habit (and how you can too)
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How to build confidence when you know you’re different
😬 Anxiety
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A drawing of my anxiety in the classroom
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8 ways I manage anxiety from my learning disability
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Anxiety Mimi started with math but became much more
🗣 Motivate yourself
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Don’t let your pride get in the way of asking for help in school
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Perspectives: Why should people talk openly about learning differences?
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How self-advocacy helped me fight for my rights in college
🤯 Life is hard
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Why this Black boy couldn’t ask for help
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This is what job hunting with ADHD feels like to me
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Needles on my brain dyslexia art
🗞 In the news
💪 What ____ is like
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What ADHD feels like to me
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6 surprising ways dyslexia affects me
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I’m finally letting go of the shame of ADHD and learning disabilities
👩🏽⚕️ The D word (diagnosis)
Contributor spotlight
“Give in to the treatment. Stop fighting it. It never helps to say it just gets better or this is just a crappy phase in your life.”
In the workforce (Understood staff)
Aspiring comedian
Differences: ADHD, OCD
“What has been done should be less of a concern than what could be done.”
In the workforce
Published author, advocate for better representation of queer people of color
Differences: ADHD, dyslexia
“Embrace your difference, and show the world that you are capable, successful, and empowered.”
In grad school
Expert in all things self-advocacy
Differences: Dyscalculia (math), anxiety
“If I could I would but I can so I will.”
In the workforce
DJ/artist, software developer; a blend of nature and technology
Differences: ADHD, anxiety, hyperthyroidism
“Trust me—if I can do this, then I know for sure you can!”
In grad school
Passionate about advocacy, education reform, and community
Differences: Dyslexia, dyscalculia (math), ADHD
“Only an attention-deficit hyperactive 8-year-old would manage to swallow an entire Tostitos chip without chewing first.”
In college
Camp counselor, theater addict
Differences: ADHD, processing speed, dysgraphia (writing)
“You’ll never unlock your full potential unless you accept your differences and learn how to manipulate them to your benefit.”
In college
Premed student, philosophy enthusiast, table tennis fan
Differences: ADHD
“What is your loudest voice? It took me so long to accept art as mine. Whatever it may be, we all have a voice in us and it isn’t a linear path to finding your own.”
In the workforce
Muay Thai fighter, freelance artist, loves to create
Differences: ADHD, OCD, anxiety, physical challenges, avoiding self-sabotage
“Glorified nerd for all things comics, film, and television. A writer of all things fantastically strange.”
In the workforce
Writing books since 2008, avid comic book and cosplay fan
Differences: Dyslexia, anxiety
“ADHD runs in my family, but I’m the first generation to get tested and seek treatment.”
In the workforce
Obsessed with 3D animation, bass player in a band (The Ophelias)
Differences: ADHD, trouble with math
“I have all this energy to burn—and I don’t know where it comes from. Imagine 80 open tabs on Chrome: That’s how my mind has always worked.”
In the workforce
Candidate for public office, freelancer writer, passionate about education reform
Differences: ADHD
“I want anyone reading this to understand that you may not be perfect—but if you are failing and learning, you are so much better than perfect.”
In the workforce
Preschool teacher; loves watercolors, cooking, and writing poetry
Differences: Dyslexia, processing speed
“In life, there are two routes you can go down. There’s the route traveled by most. Then there’s the route everyone is scared of. Don’t try to fit in.”
Starting college
Focused on becoming a world-class journalist, enjoys sports and video games
Differences: ADHD, autism, social anxiety