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Accommodation
What is something that makes it easier for one to be successful (needing extra time on a test, needing a break to regulate, use of a computer to do writing tasks)?
Interoception
What is knowing what is happing inside your body. Like feeling hungry, knowing when you need to use the bathroom, noticing how your body is feeling?
Self-Advocacy
What is standing up for yourself and asking for what need?
Executive Functioning
The "wise owl" or "pilot" of your brain, guiding your focusing, planning, managing your feelings and more?
Neurotypical
What is it when your brain works the way that most people expect. Like being right-handed, when most people are right-handed?
Co-Regulation
What is being a emotional teammate/support to help each other stay calm, cool, collected?
Masking
What is acting a certain way to fit in, even if it's not how you really feel or who you really are?
Self-Regulation
What is being able to help yourself feel calm and focused, without help someone else?
Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
What is a plan that that helps teachers, family and other staff at school help students learn best and get needed supports?
Greta Thunberg
Who is a famous environmental activist who is neurodivergent, she has spoken in front of world leaders?
Double-Empathy
If people's brains work differently, they may need to work harder to understand each other?
Neurodiversity
What is the idea that everyone's brain works differently from most people, and that's a good thing!
Sensory Sensitivity
When your senses like sight, sound, or touch are really good at noticing things, and this can be overwhelming?
Neurodivergent
What is when your works in a different way from most people?
Steve Jobs
Who is the famous person who made the smart phone and was also Neurodivergent?