Changing lives through education reform

Our guest today wants to reform education to support neurodiverse students better. She believes empowering individuals to learn about their unique intelligence will change their lives. Today's guest is Simran Deol, a student at Harvard University who graduated with a Master's Degree in Human Development & Education. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Behavior Analysis from Capilano University and has spent many years working in Developmental and Educational Psychology.Before attending Harvard, Simran was a struggling student, failing school. She barely graduated high school and was put on academic probation during undergrad. When she was 19, she was diagnosed with Specific Learning Disorder in reading, writing, math, and ADHD. After this significant life change, she understood how her brain worked and got her needed support to turn her life around.Since then, she has been working on a series of Neurodiversity Awareness Projects, such as creating her organization, "The Abstract Genius", speaking on podcasts and conferences and writing articles. In today's ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Simran spoke about:Struggling in the educational system Having to work extra hard and still failingHow ADHD affects sleep, noticing and working with your sleep patternsMedication personal choices Trusting our intuitive instinctsThe way Simran's diagnosis changed her educational experience Healing from past "failures" once you know it's ADHDHow Simran's parents reacted to her diagnosisHow Simran wants to transform education and learning techniquesMaking learning more neurodivergent friendly <br/>* All information about Kate's groundbreaking ADHD Women's Wellbeing Hormone Series is available here *
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