Neurodivergent Minds
This pirate of the Caribbean, known for playing quirky characters, has ADHD—yet still manages to memorize entire movie scripts.
Johnny Depp 🦜
This Ontario law exists so businesses can’t just say, ‘Oops, we forgot about accessibility,’ while leaving ramps, elevators, and readable signs as optional DLCs.
What is Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) 🏛️
This common school accommodation lets students block out background noise and ignore their annoying classmates.
What are Noise-canceling Headphones
TRUE or FALSE? People with ADHD just need to ‘try harder’ to focus.
FALSE. ADHD is a real neurological condition 🤯
People with ADHD often excel in this type of thinking—because our brains refuse to stay inside the box.
Creative problem-solving
This 'Kill Bill' singer might take a while to text back, but it’s not personal—she has ADHD and is too busy making Grammy-winning hits.
SZA, Solána Imani Rowe 🎶
Every June, neurodivergent folks around the world celebrate themselves on this special day!
What is Neurodiversity Pride Day 🎉
The term for when bright lights, loud sounds, and scratchy fabrics make you feel like you’re being personally attacked.
What is Sensory Processing Sensitivity
TRUE or FALSE? Autistic individuals don’t experience emotions.
FALSE. They feel emotions deeply but express them differently! 💃
Many autistic individuals have an incredible memory for this—just don’t ask them what they ate for breakfast.
Specific details, patterns, and facts
This friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man actor had to web-sling his way through dyslexia before swinging into Hollywood fame.
Tom Holland 🕷️
This movement argues that autistic people don’t need to be ‘fixed’—they just need the world to stop being so difficult.
What is Neurodiversity Movement 🧩
The reason some of us refuse to wear jeans and will fight for our right to soft sweatpants forever.
What is Tactile Sensitivity
TRUE or FALSE? Dyslexia only affects reading.
FALSE. In reality, dyslexia can affect memory, organisation, time-keeping, concentration, multi-tasking and communication.
Dyslexic individuals often shine in these fields—because words might be tricky, but spatial reasoning is their superpower!
Big-picture thinking
This billionaire rocket man, known for sending cars into space and buying Twitter ‘for the memes,’ revealed on SNL that he has Asperger’s Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder)
Elon Musk 🚀
This disability advocacy motto means: ‘If you're making decisions about us, maybe invite us to the meeting first?’
What is ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’ 🚫
Repetitive movements like hand-flapping or rocking that help some neurodivergent people stay calm, focus, or just vibe.
What is Stimming
TRUE or FALSE? Some neurodivergent people experience time differently—five minutes can feel like five hours, or vice versa—because their brains process time in a less linear way.
TRUE. Many neurodivergent people, especially those with ADHD and autism, experience ‘time blindness,’ making it harder to estimate or track time accurately!
This neurodivergent trait can make someone an incredible musician—because why memorize words when you can memorize sounds?
Pattern Recognition and/or Perfect Pitch
She thinks like a cow—literally! This autistic scientist revolutionized humane livestock handling while proving neurodivergence is a superpower.
Temple Grandin 🐄
This international disability rights treaty tells governments, ‘Hey, maybe treat disabled people like actual humans instead of an afterthought.’ Canada signed it in 2010—better late than never!
What is United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) ✔️
Why do some neurodivergent people avoid escalators, hate roller coasters, or feel like they’re floating when standing still? It’s all thanks to this system that controls balance and movement!
What is Vestibular system 🌀
TRUE or FALSE? Some neurodivergent people can enter a hyper-focused ‘flow state,’ where they become so deeply absorbed in an activity that they forget to eat, sleep, or acknowledge the passage of time.
TRUE. Many neurodivergent people experience hyperfocus, an intense concentration that makes everything else disappear!
While others forget where they put their keys five minutes ago, some autistic individuals can recall details from years ago—because having a memory like a human Google search is just how their brain works.
What is an Enhanced Long-term Memory or Detail-oriented Thinking?