About Amanda

The Short Bio

Amanda Morin is a neurodivergent neurodiversity activist, an award-winning author of six books, early childhood specialist, and nationally known speaker, deeply committed to fostering accessible and inclusive environments for neurodivergent individuals. She leverages her expertise in learning and child development, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), special education, advocacy, and mental health to distill complex data into easily digestible information for parents, educators, and employers who want to advance the mission of creating inclusive content, programs, and strategies to make the world accessible to all.

The Long Bio

Amanda Morin is a neurodivergent neurodiversity activist, an award-winning author, early childhood specialist, certified teacher, and nationally known speaker, deeply committed to fostering accessible and inclusive environments for neurodivergent individuals. She's an impact-driven, mission-oriented expert within the fields of education and neurodiversity who provides unique expertise, and innovative perspectives to mission-driven education and family-facing organizations and coalitions. She played an integral role in launching Understood.org in 2014.

She works with print and digital media, educational professionals and parents, empowering them to affirm the pivotal roles they play in building knowledge about mental health, neurodiversity, and disability. Her bylines appear in Education Week, The Learning Professional, ASCD’s Educational Leadership, Edutopia, NAESP, Parenting Special Needs Magazine, DotDash (formerly known as About.com), Popsugar Moms, and more. Amanda has also worked with many organizations and companies, including Nickelodeon, New York City Charter School Center for The Collaborative for Inclusive Education, Hill Learning Center, Bright & Quirky, Matan, and Hidden Sparks Without Walls.

Amanda proudly serves as a subject matter expert for the DUCC (Developing & Using Critical Comprehension) project for the Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) at American University, sits on the advisory board of Digital Promise’s Learner Variability Project, the professional advisory board of Matan, and the Technical Expert Panel of the American Academy of Pediatrics Center of Excellence on Social Media & Youth Mental Health. She received special education advocacy training from the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates and holds a certificate in Universal Design for Learning from the UDL Implementation and Research Network.

She is also the author of six books: Neurodiversity-Affirming Schools: Transforming Practices So All Students Feel Accepted and Supported (2025), Adulting Made Easy: Things Someone Should Have Told You About Getting Your Grown-Up Act Together, What Is Empathy? A Bullying Storybook for Kids, On-the-Go Fun for Kids: More Than 250 Activities to Keep Little Ones Busy and Happy — Anytime, Anywhere!, The Everything Kids’ Learning Activities Book, and The Everything Parent’s Guide to Special Education.