Empower Students Now

Amanda Werner

Amanda has been a passionate full time classroom teacher for 16 years. She’s worked in a wide range of educational settings teaching students grades 3rd-8th. Amanda worked for a Title I, charter, magnet, and National Blue Ribbon school and now she homeschools her twice exceptional daughter.No matter what type of school or grade she’s taught, engaging and empowering students has always been at the forefront of her work as an educator and teacher author.Amanda understands that helping students find their voice is core to being an effective teacher and social justice advocate.Even with a teacher will...

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Empower Students Now

Episodes (117)

Yesterday An Autistic Teacher Explains the Neurodiversity Movement (And Why It Matters for Your Students)
Mar 21st Paradoxical AuDHD: A Poem About Contradictions, Overwhelm, and Self-Understanding
Mar 14th Rethinking “Defiance”: When Students Are Drowning, Not Disobeying

Empower Students Now

Apr 4, 2026
23 minutes
16 MB

What is neurodiversity — and why should teachers care? In this episode of the Empower Students Now podcast, host Amanda Warner — a certified meditation teacher, 16-year classroom veteran, and AuDHD educator — breaks down the neurodiversity movement in plain language for teachers. You'll learn what neurodiversity actually means (and what it doesn't), where the movement came from, its core principles, and what it asks of educators. Amanda also tackles common misconceptions, like the idea that neurodiversity denies disability or excuses behavior, and shares how understanding her own autism and ADHD diagnosis transformed the way she sees teaching, students, and hersel...

Empower Students Now

An Autistic Teacher Explains the Neurodiversity Movement (And Why It Matters for Your Students)

Amanda Werner

00:00 -23:00