To truly understand why neurodivergent teenagers face such severe, systemic sleep deprivation, we must look past simple behavioral choices and examine the literal neurobiology of the ADHD and ASD brain. It is not just that these teenagers want to stay…
For decades, the mainstream medical narrative surrounding ADHD has been dominated by a single, clinical perspective: ADHD is a severe, unmitigated disability of the prefrontal cortex. The leading architect of this view, the retired Dr. Russell Barkley, gave the world…
During my time teaching mathematics at Poinciana High School, the school’s grade improved from a C to an A. With the principal’s approval, I investigated how severe sleep deprivation caused by late-night social media use on electronic devices had become.…