Last updated on November 26, 2023
Podcast Episode 0107; Season 6, Episode 17; 25 July 2023
Dr. Bibi Pirayesh is an educational therapist and learning rights advocate based in Los Angeles, CA. She has spent the last 15 years working with hundreds of children, parents, teachers, and schools to enhance the lives of children with learning disabilities. She regularly speaks on neurodiversity, educational therapy, and learning disability as a social justice issue on podcasts, and stages, and as a university lecturer.
Dr. Pirayesh holds a Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience and Education from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master’s degree in Developmental Psychology from Columbia University, where her work focused primarily on children’s development of mathematical thinking and cognitive neuroscience. Her doctoral work at Loyola Marymount University focused on educational leadership and social justice.
As a first-generation immigrant and English language learner, she draws on a unique multicultural perspective, years of specialized education on these topics, and over a decade of community experience and advocacy. Helping parents, students, and teachers recognize the power they hold is shifting our systems toward equity and inclusion is her passion. Outside of work, she is an avid traveler and dog mom to “Booboo,” everyone’s favorite therapy dog.
In 2020, in response the school shutdowns and the isolation and mental health crisis of the pandemic, Dr. Pirayesh launched the “Difference is Not Deficit Project.” The aim of this project is to build community through the power of sharing stories.
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Welcome to Perspectives on Neurodiversity, a podcast dedicated to challenging myths and assumptions about Neurodiverse life. I am your host, Christopher Scott Wyatt, speaking as The Autistic Me.
Joining us on this episode is Dr. Bibi Pirayesh (PEE-ra-yesh) for a discussion about education, neurodiversity and social justice. Dr. Pirayesh is an educational therapist and learning rights advocate based in Los Angeles, California. She has spent the last 15 years working with children, parents, teachers, and schools to improve the lives of children with learning disabilities. She regularly speaks on neurodiversity, educational therapy, and learning disability as a social justice issue on podcasts, and stages, and as a university lecturer.
Dr. Pirayesh earned her doctorate from Loyola Marymount University, where she focused on educational leadership and social justice. She also has a master’s degree in developmental psychology from Columbia University, where her work focused primarily on children’s development of mathematical thinking and cognitive neuroscience.
Dr. Pirayesh works with children diagnosed with dyslexia, ADHD, and autism spectrum disorder. In 2020, Dr. Pirayesh launched the “Difference is Not Deficit Project” to help promote the importance of seeing learning disability as a social justice issue.
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