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Blog #210: Shakespeare and Neurodiversity: “Othello”
In society, many unions can either come from either the same background or from different backgrounds. Once again, Shakespeare comes...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 28, 20222 min read
Blog #209: Have I Found a Possible Mutual Audience in Council for Exceptional Children in Addition t
Just a bit of a forewarning that this blog may be a little shorter than normal, but it still gets the point home. … For the past couple...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 25, 20222 min read
Blog #208: Neurodiversity and Shakespeare: “The Taming of the Shrew”
Have you ever had that crazy sibling or family member that you are just trying to pin on somebody else just because they are “crazy in...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 21, 20223 min read
Blog #207: Neurodiversity and Shakespeare: The Tempest
Pretend for a moment that you are Robinson Crusoe or Tom Hanks from “Cast Away” and you add a cultural feel to it, then you have the...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 21, 20223 min read
Blog #206: Shakespeare and Neurodiversity: MacBeth
“Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble! By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes!” … Yes,...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 20, 20224 min read
Blog #205: Shakespeare and Neurodiversity: Julius Caesar
For the next installment of my “Shakespeare and Neurodiversity” series, I discuss a play that may be polarizing in today’s society with...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 19, 20224 min read
Blog #204: Shakespeare and Neurodiversity: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
For the next entry in my blog series on Shakespeare and Neurodiversity, I cover what might be the better alternative to “Romeo and...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 19, 20224 min read
Blog #203: Shakespeare and Neurodiversity: Romeo and Juliet
This week, I promised you all that I would cover how studying Shakespeare in schools can impact neurodiverse students. For the first...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 17, 20224 min read
Blog #202: Neurodiversity and Shakespeare in the Classroom
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) At least once in the journey of neurodiverse education, we are all bound to run into William Shakespeare...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 15, 20222 min read
Blog #201: Why I Couldn’t Stand Watching “The Crucible” (1996) in High School as a
I can distinctly remember when one of the first things I studied in English class of my junior year of high school was perhaps one of the...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 14, 20224 min read
Blog #200: Where Does “Going the Distance” Go from Here?
Yes, you are not daydreaming…this blog is not just any blog, it’s my 200th blog that I have written since I started “Going the Distance”...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 13, 20223 min read
Blog #199: “Of Mice and Men” (1992) and It’s Representation of Neurodiversity/Disa
Continuing to roll down the neurodiversity/disability train, the next movie I would like to cover is the 1992 film adaptation of John...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 10, 20224 min read
Blog #198: “Lord of the Flies” (1963) and How we Handle Society Breakdowns as an Autisti
In keeping with the continuing theme of Autism/Neurodiversity and representation in films, I want to cover what happens when our views of...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 9, 20224 min read
Blog #197: “Camelot” (1967) and Its Representation of Dreams and Goals as an Autism/Neur
I’m pretty sure that many of those in the autism/neurodiversity community have had ultimate goals and dreams that they wanted to...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 8, 20224 min read
Blog #196: Why “Fiddler on the Roof” (1971) is a Representation of What Happens When Rou
“A Fiddler on the Roof. Sounds crazy, no? Here, in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 7, 20223 min read
Blog #195: The Importance of Having Rhino Skin
Rhinox from “Beast Wars” (1996-1999) Picture yourself in this scenario as a self-advocate and public speaker in whatever field you are...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 7, 20223 min read
Blog #194: Why I chose SHRM as My Laboratory for My Employment Presentations?
Two blogs ago, I discussed why the Council for Exceptional Children is the perfect organization to act as my laboratory for my...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 4, 20222 min read
Blog #193: Lent and the Difficulty for Neurodiverse Individuals to Make Necessary Sacrifices for 40
Me and my mom after receiving our ashes on Ash Wednesday 2022 Yesterday marked the beginning of a period of time for Baptists,...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 3, 20222 min read
Blog #192: A Look at Council for Exceptional Children and Why It’s My Laboratory for my Educat
For the past few weeks, I have done two presentations for a special education organization called the Council for Exceptional Children,...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 1, 20222 min read
Blog #191: Read Across America Week
This week, schools across the nation are hosting what is known as Read Across America week. This is a week where students and teachers...

Jeffrey Snyder
Feb 28, 20223 min read
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