A standout student overcoming ADHD and dyscalculia

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Bijou Belle has dreamed of being on The Voice since she was little. Her childhood school project even declared, “When I grow up, I want to be on The Voice!” Music runs deep in her family. Her grandfather, Rocke Grace, co-wrote the rock classic “Rocky Mountain Way,” inspiring Bijou and her siblings to form their family band, The RathCo, with Bijou as the lead singer. They’ve toured across the Midwest, performing for crowds as large as 5,000 and keeping his legacy alive with every show. At home, music runs deep, but so does honesty, especially from her dad. A local radio personality and drummer, he’s always been Bijou’s toughest critic and loudest supporter: once giving her a sink-or-swim moment when he debuted her cover live on air.

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Lived experiences of dyscalculia

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How we discovered my daughter has dyscalculia | Everyone Gets a Juice Box

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Understanding Neurodiversity: Strengths, Differences, and Overlap

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neurodiversity is a way of understanding that human brains are all wired differently, we are all neurodiverse and have neurodiversity. This is just a natural and valuable part of being human.

However, someone who is neurodivergent will have what is often known as a spikey profile (e.g. real strengths in some areas, and perhaps challenges in others). The term is used to encompass all the conditions that you’ve probably heard of, dyslexia, ADHD, autism and dyspraxia.

For such a long time these individuals have been thought of through a deficit lens or at a disadvantage, and put into a box that stereotypes to their label. However, what is becoming more and more clear is that we should recognise the neurodiversity framework for both the challenges people may face and the unique strengths they bring, and recognise where these conditions over lap leading to each individuals needs.

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