Dana Palubiak
@dlpalubiak.bsky.social
Dana at MindLink Social
Retired teacher, writer, and neurodivergent mom building tools for a better system. Here for the kids who got left behind and the parents who never stopped fighting. Substack Link-https://substack.com/@danapalubiak
Retired teacher, writer, and neurodivergent mom building tools for a better system. Here for the kids who got left behind and the parents who never stopped fighting. Substack Link-https://substack.com/@danapalubiak
We can’t undo all the harm.
But we can stop repeating it.
Believe kids the first time.
We’re watching. We’re naming it. We’re building something better.
#MindLinkedSummerSeries #BelieveKids #NeurodivergentSupport #SchoolReform
But we can stop repeating it.
Believe kids the first time.
We’re watching. We’re naming it. We’re building something better.
#MindLinkedSummerSeries #BelieveKids #NeurodivergentSupport #SchoolReform
June 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We can’t undo all the harm.
But we can stop repeating it.
Believe kids the first time.
We’re watching. We’re naming it. We’re building something better.
#MindLinkedSummerSeries #BelieveKids #NeurodivergentSupport #SchoolReform
But we can stop repeating it.
Believe kids the first time.
We’re watching. We’re naming it. We’re building something better.
#MindLinkedSummerSeries #BelieveKids #NeurodivergentSupport #SchoolReform
So this week, we ask:
What if we listened differently?
What if we responded with regulation instead of restriction?
With safety instead of shame?
What if we listened differently?
What if we responded with regulation instead of restriction?
With safety instead of shame?
June 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
So this week, we ask:
What if we listened differently?
What if we responded with regulation instead of restriction?
With safety instead of shame?
What if we listened differently?
What if we responded with regulation instead of restriction?
With safety instead of shame?
Summer school is full of the kids the system couldn’t hold.
Not because they couldn’t learn,
But because the environment wasn’t built for their nervous systems, identities, or needs.
Not because they couldn’t learn,
But because the environment wasn’t built for their nervous systems, identities, or needs.
June 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Summer school is full of the kids the system couldn’t hold.
Not because they couldn’t learn,
But because the environment wasn’t built for their nervous systems, identities, or needs.
Not because they couldn’t learn,
But because the environment wasn’t built for their nervous systems, identities, or needs.
But the system didn’t believe them.
Instead, it labeled them:
Oppositional
Defiant
Unmotivated
And when they tried harder to survive, it called them manipulative.
Instead, it labeled them:
Oppositional
Defiant
Unmotivated
And when they tried harder to survive, it called them manipulative.
June 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
But the system didn’t believe them.
Instead, it labeled them:
Oppositional
Defiant
Unmotivated
And when they tried harder to survive, it called them manipulative.
Instead, it labeled them:
Oppositional
Defiant
Unmotivated
And when they tried harder to survive, it called them manipulative.
They told us in every way they could.
Meltdowns.
Silence.
Refusal to enter the room.
Crying in the car.
Shutting down in class.
Clinging to the doorway.
That was communication.
Meltdowns.
Silence.
Refusal to enter the room.
Crying in the car.
Shutting down in class.
Clinging to the doorway.
That was communication.
June 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
They told us in every way they could.
Meltdowns.
Silence.
Refusal to enter the room.
Crying in the car.
Shutting down in class.
Clinging to the doorway.
That was communication.
Meltdowns.
Silence.
Refusal to enter the room.
Crying in the car.
Shutting down in class.
Clinging to the doorway.
That was communication.
What is happening to our meat?! Bill Gates, what do you have to say for yourself?! I say yuck!
April 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
What is happening to our meat?! Bill Gates, what do you have to say for yourself?! I say yuck!