Your Career: How to teach neurodivergent students

It’s easier than you think to make your classroom accessible ADVERTISEMENT [Your Career Logo]( Did someone forward you this newsletter? [Sign up free]( to receive your own copy. You can now read The Chronicle on [Apple News]( [Flipboard]( and [Google News](. It’s easier than you think to make your classroom accessible Neurodivergent (ND) students can tell when you as a faculty member care about their success and when you don’t. They can tell when you genuinely welcome them into the classroom and when you see them as a burden. Of course you don’t always know whether you have ND students in your courses. Even when you do, you don’t always know what kind of support they’re getting from academic advising and disability services. And you don’t know whether they are even seeking help — or their reasons for not doing so. In teaching neurodivergent students, the only thing you can control is what you do in your own classroom. Just keep in mind that: - You have more neurodivergent students in your classes than you might realize. For example, up to 2 percent of undergraduates are autistic, and 19 percent have ADHD. Many more have anxiety disorder and depression. - A large number of your students are neurodivergent in ways that can make it difficult for them to process, organize, and prioritize information. None of those difficulties say anything about their intellectual abilities — only about how much harder college can be for them than it is for neurotypical students. No one expects you as a faculty member to be an autism or ADHD expert. And the good news: There are easy ways to make your teaching more welcoming and accessible to ND students. To learn four best practices, continue reading: “[How to Teach Your (Many) Neurodivergent Students]( by Katie Rose Guest Pryal Share your suggestions for the newsletter with Denise Magner, an editor at The Chronicle, at denise.magner@chronicle.com. 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