“…can we just sit and paint our feelings all day?” Each year, MENTOR, a national mentoring nonprofit, hosts the National Mentoring Summit. Programs around the country gather to learn from diversity, equity, and inclusion-driven plenaries and share insights through workshops. […]
Read MoreWe recently interviewed Ellie Chiaradonna, a sophomore at Franklin and Marshall College with an intended double major in Business, Organizations and Society, and Sociology, who was a mentee and Chapter Leader at AIM Academy for all four years of her […]
Read MoreJoin us in celebrating 25 years of championing neurodiversity! We invite you to read and engage with our 25th-anniversary timeline and hope you will join us in celebrating our achievements and renewing our commitment to creating a more inclusive and […]
Read MoreThousands of students answer the call to serve each year by joining Eye to Eye as mentors, mentees, ambassadors, and advocates for all neurodiverse people. While most of Eye to Eye’s work takes place in classrooms across the country, our […]
Read MorePhilanthropy News Digest announces Eye to Eye’s $5 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. Read the full article to learn how the gift will support Eye to Eye’s $15 million fundraising campaign, which is aimed at expanding programs and launching a […]
Read MoreAs we wrap up the final weeks of the first cohort of Eye to Eye’s Young Adult Guiding Coalition(YAGC), it has allowed us to reflect on the initiative and the opportunities it has brought to the organization and the young […]
Read MoreIt is well documented that women, ethnic minorities, and individuals from the LGBTQ+ communities are underdiagnosed regarding neurodevelopmental disorders like ADHD, Dyslexia, and Autism. Many adults from these communities were not diagnosed as children and receive neurodivergent support much later […]
Read More“These signs of change give me so much hope that young, Black, neurodiverse girls today won’t have to go through what I did just to discover their amazing selves.” “Even with a diagnosis, I never felt like teachers, coaches, and […]
Read MoreResearch and early intervention for dyslexia are slowly gaining traction. In the philanthropic world, Charles Schwab, who is dyslexic, allocated $20 million in 2019 to an initiative aimed at studying dyslexia and other learning disorders. As part of his 2022-23 […]
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