Understood.org, a nonprofit organization focused on providing resources to neurodivergent individuals, has announced a $757,000 grant from the Oak Foundation to launch a digital resource for students with learning and thinking differences.

The funding will be used to create Through My Eyes, a digital interactive hub rooted in behavioral science, which aims to harness first-person storytelling to transform attitudes and behaviors. The resource will include toolkits that shows students, educators, and families how to use best practices of social-emotional learning to promote positive mental health outcomes for students with learning and thinking differences, and addresses racial and economic equity to increase equitable outcomes. Understood will partner with InnovateEDU as a K-12 design partner and Split This Rock as a community-based design partner.

“We are honored to receive the grant from Oak Foundation to support neurodivergent individuals and the educators who serve them, and to dispel misinformation about learning and thinking differences,” said Understood.org co-president Nathan Friedman. “This grant will enhance our popular ‘Through My Eyes’ experience, which is critical to helping parents and teachers understand the lived experience of someone who learns and thinks differently.”

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