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When I asked my psychology of education teacher why we were learning about these conditions in a way that centers teachers—who are assumed NT—and those who are “disrupted” rather than centering the neurodiverse student and THEIR needs...he got Big Mad™ lmao. https://twitter.com/phillmwebster/status/1288439055500414976
I spent a whole year trying to make the class make sense.
Like...if our only concern is with managing disruptions, then what about the students who have ADHD but only distract themselves and not others around them...? Do their learning needs not matter?
The answer was yes.
Like...if our only concern is with managing disruptions, then what about the students who have ADHD but only distract themselves and not others around them...? Do their learning needs not matter?
The answer was yes.
The more I learn about teaching, the more I question the profession as a whole.
Which is depressing because I love teaching.
But I just feel at times like maybe teaching isn’t what I hoped it would be (at least, not yet anyway).
Which is depressing because I love teaching.
But I just feel at times like maybe teaching isn’t what I hoped it would be (at least, not yet anyway).
Anyway I’m not giving up, I’m just rambling because ableism is rampant and it’s shocking how a take like this is considered even remotely controversial
But here we are
But here we are
This is why disabled people need to be centered as the experts on our own experiences, rather than the non-disabled “experts” who study us.
To clarify/elaborate:
the answer I received to the “what about students who don’t distract others” was “well that means that their ADHD isn’t as severe, and it’s not our place to intervene”
the answer I received to the “what about students who don’t distract others” was “well that means that their ADHD isn’t as severe, and it’s not our place to intervene”
To which I replied “but what if they’re still struggling academically?”
And I received a crisp “that’s what we have IEP’s for”
So you know...
And I received a crisp “that’s what we have IEP’s for”
So you know...
God forbid we get into the ever so popular “but diagnosis isn’t accessible to everyone” conversation
this is why my classmates groan when I raise my hand
this is why my classmates groan when I raise my hand
(Except my art education classmates—they’re usually pretty cool/receptive to engaging in critical thinking.
In my other classes, however
...)
In my other classes, however
...)
**i meant to write “neurodivergent”, misspelled it, and had it autocorrect to “neurodiverse” in my first tweet.
Both are important terms, but I just wanted to clarify that in this context, neurodivergence was what I was referring to**
Both are important terms, but I just wanted to clarify that in this context, neurodivergence was what I was referring to**
