Neurodivergent Rising | Module 6:
Who Gets to Speak? -Capitalism, Nonverbal Intelligence, and the Valuation of Human Worth
Rethinking What Counts as “Value”
In a world obsessed with speed, output, and verbal fluency, brilliance that doesn’t fit those molds is too often overlooked or erased. Module 6 challenges the idea that worth is tied to productivity — and asks what happens when we expand our definitions of intelligence.
Module 6 | Course
Neurodivergent Rising:
Reclaiming the Truth of Difference
This module may resonate if:
- Have been underestimated because you communicate or work differently
- Want to challenge how your industry or community defines “ability”
- Are curious about dismantling functioning labels
- Work with or support nonverbal communicators
- Believe systems should adapt to people — not the other way around
Live teaching session with Kristina Kyser
Guest Session with Sol Smith (Professor Sol)
Practical Tools for fostering accessibility in work and community spaces
Reflection prompts on redefining worth and intelligence

In Module 6, we begin to imagine a culture where every way of knowing, creating, and contributing is seen as essential.
Neurodivergent Rising: Reclaiming the Truth of Difference
Neurodivergent Rising is a 9-week, live-taught learning journey that goes far beyond checklists, stereotypes, and clinical labels. Through a trauma-informed, multidisciplinary lens, we’ll explore the lived realities of neurodivergence and the cultural, historical, and systemic forces that shape how it’s understood.
Alongside a community of peers and powerful guest voices, you’ll uncover the wisdom of your own body, question the systems that demand you perform or conform, and reclaim difference as a source of intelligence and strength.
This course is for neurodivergent people, caregivers, and practitioners who want to deepen understanding, expand compassion, and imagine new possibilities for living, relating, and thriving.
Each module combines live teaching, guest sessions, guided practices, and reflection tools to help you integrate the learning into daily life — so you leave not just informed, but transformed.
With warmth, honesty, and a grounded approach, Neurodivergent Rising invites you to step into a truer way of being — not as someone broken or in need of fixing, but as a whole person rising into your own truth.
