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Blog #394: The Holidays and My Mental Health (Part 2)
… Picking from Part 1, I’ve made it clear that the 2023 holiday season will be the last I will spend in retail. However, the stress of...

Jeffrey Snyder
Dec 12, 20233 min read
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Blog #393: The Holidays and My Mental Health (Part 1)
… As much as I enjoy the winter holidays, I can’t help but feel that as a neurodiverse adult, I have found myself often struggling to get...

Jeffrey Snyder
Dec 11, 20233 min read
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Blog #392: Holiday Shopping While Neurodiverse
When it comes to the holidays, one of the areas that many neurodivergent and sensory friendly individuals dread the most is holiday...

Jeffrey Snyder
Dec 7, 20232 min read
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Blog #391: Christmas Card Photos from a Neurodivergent Perspective
…. As December is officially upon us, I want to once again devote now until Christmas to some of the pains of the Christmas holidays for...

Jeffrey Snyder
Dec 5, 20233 min read
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Blog #389: Why Godzilla and King Kong represent the Overstimulation of Neurodivergent Students in Sc
If you are a special education or general education teacher, then it’s a daily battle trying to maintain order amongst your students. ...

Jeffrey Snyder
Nov 28, 20233 min read
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Blog #388: My Thoughts on School Spirit Week as a Former Special Education Student (Part 2)
… Continuing from the previous blog, we are now in the period where most schools are getting their school spirit on the rise. However,...

Jeffrey Snyder
Nov 21, 20233 min read
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Blog #382: What Are Some Good Halloween Activities for Neurodivergent Children/Families?
Continuing this week’s blogs centered around Halloween, I’m pretty sure that you are all wondering just what a good way could be to...

Jeffrey Snyder
Oct 26, 20233 min read
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Blog #370: How Meghan Gill from “Hell’s Kitchen” Season 14 Demonstrates How We Can
Back in the day, I was a huge fan of the FOX reality series, “Hell’s Kitchen” and it was a competition about chefs with various...

Jeffrey Snyder
Sep 18, 20233 min read
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Blog #366: Transitional Anxiety
Yesterday, I returned from a six day trip to Cape Cod and while I enjoyed spending time mentally preparing myself for the fall and...

Jeffrey Snyder
Sep 13, 20232 min read
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Blog #350: How Anna Mburu’s Drowning Is a Reminder That We Still Need to Continue Raising Awar
Well, it’s unfortunately happened again and this time in my home state. 7-year-old Anna Mburu was found dead in the Merrimack River in...

Jeffrey Snyder
Jul 10, 20232 min read
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Blog #337: Why Jud Fry from “Oklahoma” (1955) is Relatable to Neurodiverse Individuals i
When I was 7 years old, my older sister was in the cast of “Oklahoma!” at our elementary school, Mildred H. Aitken. At the same time, I...

Jeffrey Snyder
May 24, 20233 min read
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Blog #325: When Things Stack Up
Well, it happened again. Easter Sunday 2023 ended with a sensory overload because there was and is so much going on in my personal and...

Jeffrey Snyder
Apr 10, 20233 min read
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Blog #323: Autism is now 1 in 36…we need more acceptance than ever!!
It’s April and you know what that means…Autism Acceptance Month!! … But this year is different for an entirely important reason because...

Jeffrey Snyder
Apr 3, 20233 min read
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Blog #322: Watching Childish or Children’s Shows Should Not Be Judged (Part 3)
As I wrap up my 3 part blog on why neurodiverse individuals watching classic or childish’s television shows should not be judged, I often...

Jeffrey Snyder
Mar 29, 20233 min read
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Blog #300: A Look Ahead to 2023
Well, here we are…Christmas Day and the last blog of 2022. As I said in my previous post, 2022 was an up and down year for me having...

Jeffrey Snyder
Dec 25, 20224 min read
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Blog #295: A Tribute to Jason David Frank (1973-2022)
Let’s be honest here, I certainly did NOT see this coming. When I was growing up in the 90’s, the one franchise that seemed to be the...

Jeffrey Snyder
Nov 29, 20223 min read
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Blog #294: How to Prepare Your Neurodiverse/Disabled Child for Thanksgiving 2022? (Part 2)
Gobbles the Disabled Turkey from “South Park” … Continuing from Part 1 of this blog, I will now go over what happens during the actual...

Jeffrey Snyder
Nov 23, 20223 min read
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Blog #293: How to Prepare Your Neurodiverse/Disabled Child for Thanksgiving 2022? (Part 1)
Well, it’s that time of year again…the holidays for 2022 have arrived and we are all in the process of closing out 2022 and making way...

Jeffrey Snyder
Nov 22, 20225 min read
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Blog #292: Using Your Energy Wisely
As you know, running a business/mission like “Going the Distance” takes a lot of time and effort. Day after day, my energy goes towards...

Jeffrey Snyder
Nov 17, 20222 min read
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Blog #291: The Importance of Bouncing Back
… Bouncing back from something is not just a tool, it’s a fact of life. When we are knocked down by an event or a situation, we have to...

Jeffrey Snyder
Nov 15, 20222 min read
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