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There’s a phrase that hard of hearing people hear more than they’d like: “So you’re basically a little deaf, right?” It’s well-meaning. It’s also wrong. And the gap between those two things is exactly why it matters. Hard of hearing and Deaf are not points on the same sliding scale. They are distinct experiences, distinct […]

Every August, classrooms fill back up with new schedules, new faces, and new noise. For most students, that’s just back-to-school energy. For autistic students and many others with sensory processing differences, it can be a lot more than that — a full sensory system working overtime before the first lesson even starts. The good news: […]

The real bottleneck in most organizations isn’t capability. It’s a leader who hasn’t learned to let go. Believe me, I’ve learned that hard way! Delegation isn’t ‘just’ handing someone a task, walking away, and checking back later. Real delegation is harder than that, and it initially asks more of the leader (and her time), not […]