Online learning is worsening the already-uneven educational experience for neurodiverse students

Online learning is worsening the already-uneven educational experience for neurodiverse students

I recently had an op-ed published with The Globe & Mail about my experiences as a neurodiverse (ADHD) graduate student and sessional instructor, including my concerns around online learning.

To read the opinion piece, visit this link.

Students with ADHD are underrepresented in the university system, their symptoms poorly managed and their degree outcomes uncertain. This academic year may be the testing ground for the shape of higher education to come, and I worry that students with ADHD and other invisible disabilities will be placed at a particular disadvantage owing to a lack of social and institutional support as well as the realities of market-based higher education.

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