Today’s neurodiversity initiatives fail to recognize the broad range of neurological conditions that fall under its umbrella. — A few months ago, as I was scrolling through my LinkedIn feed, I stumbled upon a post from a former colleague promoting a whitepaper about making the workforce more neurodiverse. As someone with Tourette’s syndrome, I am one of the more than 6.5 million Americans who fall under the “neurodivergent”…

A few years ago, my friend Kelly got married. Her wedding checked all the boxes for a successful marriage reception: Delicious food, an open bar, and a filled dance floor. I was eating, drinking and being merry for the first several hours of the event. Then the mood shifted. The…

On November 22, 2000, an army of well-to-do, mostly white men stormed a meeting of canvassers in Miami-Dade county, Florida. Election staffers were busy recounting every vote in the county due to several glitches in the technology used to cast each ballot. The rioters disrupted the recount, barricading the halls…

We first crossed paths in a political science class during our first semester of Freshman year. I’m not sure what I noticed first, her effortless skater-girl style or her relaxed presence, a stark contrast to my visible “first-day-of-school-jitters.” It was a Monday morning, and she was clenching the same watered-down…

When I opened my Instagram app on Monday, May 25, I was met with posts and stories expressing sadness, fury, and every feeling in between. People all over the world had posted in solidarity with George Floyd, the most recent victim in a long line of Black people who have…

The room is still, I’m still spinning Aimless but on display Wandering crowds Familiar but unknown To hymns of temporal praise. Marvin Gaye The Foundations Hopeful melodies, mocking me By the lake where she planned her forever. The first dance, a last chance Family and friends lost and found Others left…