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Embracing the Exceptions: Meeting the Needs of Neurodivergent Students of Color book cover

1st Edition

Embracing the Exceptions Meeting the Needs of Neurodivergent Students of Color

By JPB Gerald Copyright 2025
196 Pages
by Eye On Education

196 Pages
by Eye On Education
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Neurodivergent students of color are often overlooked, as research and teaching strategies predominantly focus on white males in the classroom. How can we help teachers reach all students to honor their full humanity, and to understand how ableism – neuronormativity in particular – and racism intersect on our bodies and brains? JPB Gerald’s fascinating book offers a blend of narrative and... Read more

Introduction  Chapter 1. Talking Out Of Turn: On Being Seen As a Classroom Disruption  Chapter 2. Making Meaning: On The Unique Ways We Communicate  Chapter 3. Getting Things Done: On Completing (And Not Completing) Assigned Tasks  Chapter 4. Coloring Outside the Lines: On Doing Things Our Own Way  Chapter 5. Remembering and Forgetting: On Having The Best and Worst Memory At the Same Time  Chapter 6. Staying Out Of View: On Masking And Its Psychological Toll  Chapter 7. Following Recipes: On The Trouble With Multi-Step Instructions  Chapter 8. Turning the Volume Down: On Sensory Overload and Its Many Manifestations  Chapter 9. Trying to Catch the Express Train: On The Search for Hyperfocus  Chapter 10. Catching Our Breath: On Emotional Volatility  Chapter 11. Being an Easy Target: On the Persistent Perception of Social Rejection  Chapter 12. Beating Ourselves Up: On The Corrosive Nature of Shame  Chapter 13. Outrunning the Pack: On The Ways We Can Excel When We're Supported  Conclusion

Biography

JPB Gerald is an adult educator and theorist, and a 2022 graduate of the EdD program in Instructional Leadership from CUNY – Hunter College, USA. Through his writing, teaching, podcast and his public scholarship overall, he seeks justice for the racially, linguistically and neurologically minoritized.

Embracing the Exceptions is a MUST-READ for all educators and adults who teach or live with those who learn and perceive the world differently. The personal narratives in this book critique most existing practices and offer clarity on how we create educational spaces that honor neurodivergent individuals and help them flourish. This work is an urgent call to action, challenging all of us to rethink our roles as educators, caregivers, and community members in the pursuit of a more inclusive, understanding world.

—Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz

Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University

Author, Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education: Activism for Equity in Digital Spaces

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