24 June 2025
Full schedules, piles of grading, group assignments and constantly switching between students, colleagues and deadlines. Everyday reality for a teacher. But what if your brain works differently? If stimuli come in more intensely, planning takes energy, or you would rather fully immerse yourself in one subject?
Two VU Amsterdam teachers, Marina Friedrich and Smiddy Nieuwenhuis, share their experiences as neurodivergent teachers. “Not everyone fits the standard mould. And that is precisely the strength.”