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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
Special Edition Blog: Triangles of “Going the Distance.”
For my latest special edition, I wanted to take this opportunity to take you behind the scenes once more in regards to the operations of...

Jeffrey Snyder
Feb 27, 20223 min read
Blog #190: The Russia-Ukraine Conflict from a Neurodiverse Perspective
I’m pretty sure that many of you by now already know of the situation in Eastern Europe: Russia has invaded Ukraine and already lives are...

Jeffrey Snyder
Feb 25, 20223 min read
Blog #189: Neurodiversity Business Spotlight: SMILE Biscotti in Phoenix, Arizona
For the latest entry in my Neurodiversity Business Spotlight series, I discuss a business that was founded by a young man right after he...

Jeffrey Snyder
Feb 24, 20222 min read
Blog #188: Neurodiversity Business Spotlight: B3 Coffee in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Being, Belonging, Becoming … Those are the killer B’s that make up B3 Coffee based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, just outside of...

Jeffrey Snyder
Feb 23, 20222 min read
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