Divergents Blog

Mitchell argues that most of the diagnostic decisions in Special Education are political/financial not scientific. Mitchell encourages reforms to bring the system into alignment with the science.

Contributing editors are an invaluable part of the Divergents staff, requiring creative as well as collaborative responsibilities which increase in the weeks prior to production.

Mitchell explores who gets to be part of the "Divergent" club -- science vs. politics.

Divergents Magazine is a natural offspring of Landmark College. The radical idea to found a college for divergent learners created a network of divergent writers, artists, and thinkers.

As everything else about education has changed, it is time to demand an end to unquestioned, neurotypical privilage!

As a woman, sharing a house with four dyslexic men, Sarah Mitchell articulated a vision of Neurodiversity before the word existed.

#TNBS Challenge: Anytime you come across examples of people from the neurotypical community patronizing or dismissing a person with divergent neurology, hashtag it #TNBS Thank you, Divergents

Here are some suggestions to reform Special Education, lifted from a piece "The Bigotry of Normal" now under review.

“Yes I’m (Divergent)! I’m proud of it!

Ben Mitchell reflects on the recent spate of research into ADHD and Meditation.