Aeon Magazine Article: “How I Learned to Make Distraction Work for Me”

In October 2019, I wrote an article for Aeon Magazine on the intersection between my experience with ADHD and the possibilities of educational design. (There’s also an audio version, which is great for accessibility!)

“We can certainly continue to study and debate whether ADHD is biologically rooted, the product of our attention-fractured society, or more likely a complex result of interdependent social and biological factors. Yet so many debates on this topic remain stuck on the ills of the internet or the merits of medication, instead of redirecting our focus to the wider issues around attention and learning that concern us all. Better forms of pedagogy, reflective practice and communication will not resolve every problem related to human attention, but they could help everyone learn much better – not just those of us with this particular diagnosis.”