The Qrkiez Blog
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Untapping Executive Function Potential
How do neurodivergent students transition from the structured environment of high school to the less structured worlds of college and the workplace? QRKIEZ CEO Veena Aiyer interviews Brandon Slade, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Untapped Learning, which...
Coaching Thoughtful Thinkers
My journey has been one of self-discovery, challenge, and empowerment. I used to be the straight-A student, perfect rule-follower, and all-around perfectionist. I thought my adult life would follow a similar path. However, as I gained more freedom and faced fewer...
Navigating College Choices for the Neurodivergent
Eric Endlich is the Founder of Top College Consultants, which helps neurodivergent students navigate the challenges of selecting colleges, applying, and taking their first steps into higher education. In this interview with QRKIEZ CEO Veena Aiyer, Eric discusses his...
From Full Time to School Time: Trading in Six Figures for Homeschooling My Son with Autism
My 8-year-old son Joshua has level two autism spectrum disorder, suffers from anxiety and ADHD, and is a Gestalt language processor. All this means is that the level of support and accommodation he needs in a school setting may be more than most kids need. We...
Falcons Don’t Just Fly—They Soar!
In Ohio, the #1 university for student experience is Bowling Green State University, according to The Wall Street Journal. U.S. News and World Report ranks BGSU as a top-tier university. The mascot for BGSU is the falcon, and some falcons FLY in their own unique ways....
Dan Kram, Neurodivergent Workplace Advocate
Dan Kram is a neurodivergent engineer and advocate who worked with his employer to create neuroinclusion initiatives. In this video, QRKIEZ CEO Veena Aiyer interviews Dan about his own journey as a neurodivergent engineer, and he offers advice to young technology...
Discovering My Neurodivergence: A Journey Through Dyslexia & Late Autism Diagnosis
Growing up, I often felt like an outsider in a world designed for people who thought and learned differently. As a child, I struggled with reading and writing, my letters dancing on the page like a chaotic symphony. Teachers often chalked it up to laziness or lack of...
Leading from the Inside Out: A Neurodivergent Path to Authentic Leadership
When I first stepped into leadership, I was driven by a sense of purpose. I had something to prove, not only to myself but to everyone around me. I was going to be the leader I always wished I’d had. The kind of leader who truly cared for their team, someone who...
From the Outback to the Spectrum
Outback Australia was a tough place to be an undiagnosed autistic child in the 1990s. Convinced I was just the wrong person in the wrong place, an outsider in a small rural town, my childhood was characterized by daydreams of escapism. Two common daydreams were...
A Multiplicity of Difference
The Journey to Self-Discovery & Multiple ND Identification At 36 years old, I finally put the pieces of the puzzle together, made sense of my brain, including all its nerve endings that extend from the crown of my head to the quick of my toe nails. All the nerve...