

#87: Become the Expert on your Challenge
May 27, 2025
Learn to embrace your unique challenges and strengths as the hosts discuss the power of self-advocacy in navigating dyslexia and ADHD. They explore how understanding different learning styles and incorporating movement can boost focus and enhance engagement. Technology plays a role too, with tools that transform lectures into interactive experiences. Anecdotes shared highlight the transformative impact of tailored coaching, emphasizing personal growth and effective strategies for success. Dive into practical ways to optimize learning and productivity while honoring your individuality!
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Expertise Spurs Strength & Advocacy
- Becoming an expert on your challenges allows you to focus on your strengths rather than being overwhelmed by your weaknesses.
- Self-advocacy and accommodation start with deep understanding of your personal challenges and how they affect you.
Simple Strategies Fix Memory
- Identify your executive function challenges like working memory and implement simple strategies to compensate.
- Use tools like note-taking or asking others to help remember important information to avoid repeated mistakes.
Personalize Executive Functioning
- Executive functioning challenges are varied and personalized; not every individual shares the same deficits.
- Assessments help spotlight unique strengths and weaknesses, preventing assumptions based on diagnosis alone.