how dyslexia offers a heightened advantage, what he calls his “hyper-ability.” Learn how parents and educators can find the hyper-ability in children’s differences and foster these unique strengths to boost self-esteem, school/career pathways, and finding their place in the world.

NOTE: This is the transcript of a spoken word performance the author gave in partnership with The Moth and KnowledgeWorks on January 31,...

Updated March 2025 with feedback from our community! It’s Winter in the Bay Area - cold weather, dark evenings, and rain. It’s also the...

Need a holiday gift or some winter break reading? Check out this list of books featuring neurodivergent characters, organized by grade. Elementary Just Ask: Be Different. Be Brave. Be You. by Sonia Sotomayor and Rafael Lopez (differences) The World Needs Who You Were Made to Be by Joanna Gaines (differences) The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig (feeling invisible) The Girl Who Thought In Pictures: The Story of Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca (autism) You’re So Clumsy Charle

We spent an hour in conversation with Irene Vassilopoulos, whose oldest child recently explored the video game design programs at colleges across the U.S. How did her family discover and evaluate programs? What was the application process like? Is there anything she wished she’d known before starting the process? Were there any surprises along the way?

Video game design and development is a popular interest for 2e students. REEL community member Helen Amick complied this great list of...

Yesterday, I sat down to look at my calendar. As a new nonprofit, we at REEL have been planning for Giving Tuesday for over a month. But for the first time, I noticed that Giving Tuesday falls on November 29th this year. And, while that may not mean anything to anyone else, it’s steeped in meaning for me. You see, in some ways, I think of November 29, 2018, as the first time that we at REEL truly went “public” with our mission to support twice-exceptional students. REEL actua

Working memory affects every part of a child's life; however, most people know little about it beyond perhaps a score on the WISC test. REEL hosted Thea Slingland, Director of Educational Services for Learnfully, to talk about where working memory is used in daily life and how it affects routines, academics, socializing, and emotions for 2e learners.