9/19/2026: The healthcare system consistently fails neurodivergent people. What happens when they decide to build something better? I explore that question with Dr. Mel Houser, a board-certified family physician, founder and executive director of All Brains Belong VT, and author…
Author: Melissa Houser
ABB Book Pre-Launch
Sunday, Sept 20, 2026 1-2:30pm Location: Lawson’s Finest Liquids (155 Carroll Rd, Waitsfield VT). Outdoors in the Beer Garden. There is a parking lot with plenty of parking. Drive through the big long driveway (past the actual building), then backtrack…
Neuroinclusive Environments: What if the healthcare system functioned for every type of brain? Montpelier Happy Hour Podcast
9/4/2026: In this show, we discuss what it takes to create a Vermont that works for everybody. In today’s episode, Dr. Melissa M. Houser discusses healthcare and the way it excludes neurodivergent people. She then outlines the hallmarks of neuroinclusive…
Systems Let Autistic People Down, But They Don’t Have To. Here’s How To Change It: Born to Be Free Podcast
9/2/2026: When Dr. Mel Houser started medical school, they never imagined that they would later find themselves reimagining healthcare for neurodivergent people. But their work has been remarkable – and offers all of us a template for challenging systems that…
Your Brain Isn’t the Problem. The System Needs Reimagining: The Neurodivergent Entrepreneur Podcast
9/2/2026: What if neurodivergent people aren’t failing the systems around them—what if those systems are failing them? Patrick Casale sits down with Autistic and ADHD (AuDHD) physician Dr. Mel Houser, founder of All Brains Belong, to explore why navigating healthcare,…
Universal Design for Participation Webinar
Universal Design for Healthcare, Employment & Community Events Webinar presented by Mel Houser, M.D., Executive Director, All Brains Belong VT This webinar will be presented 10/13/2026 (Zoom + recorded) by Dr. Mel Houser, M.D., Founder and Executive Director of All…
Seven Days VT book review: Short Takes on Five New Vermont Books
(Ken Picard, 8/26/2026) A Failure of Imagination traces Houser’s path to discovering a more compassionate approach to medicine. But the broader lessons in her book apply to anyone who interacts with the American health care system — that is, all of…
KevinMD.com: The system isn’t broken. It was built this way.
(Melissa Houser, MD, 8/23/2026) An excerpt from A Failure of Imagination: How the Healthcare System Fails Neurodivergent People—and What We’re Doing Instead. I’m a physician. That’s the only formal training I have. When I set out, I didn’t know how to…
It Makes Cents: All Brains Belong
6/9/2026: Brooke Devine from NorthCountry Federal Credit Union interviews Dr. Mel Houser from All Brains Belong VT about community-centered, community-driven healthcare, employment support, and mutual aid. In this conversation, we cover All Brains Belong’s initiatives in response to broken systems…
Barre-Montpelier Times Argus: Montpelier physician opens doors to neurodivergence
(Peter Cobb, 8/19/2026) In August 2008, Melissa Houser was in line at a grocery store in New York City. The next thing she knew, she was face down on the floor. Later, she learned she had experienced a “syncope without…