Melissa Houser - All Brains Belong VT

VT Digger: Coalition launches campaign to document harassment and bullying in Vermont schools

Hate incidents, racism and other forms of harassment in Vermont’s pre-K-12 school system have prompted a coalition of 13 organizations to launch a website to collect and document those experiences among students.

Vermont Narratives of Change is “a storytelling campaign against harassment and bullying” that “seeks to raise awareness about the impact of these negative behaviors and advocate for positive change within schools statewide

Blog: Neurodivergent Patients are Dying – and What We’re Doing About It

Mel Houser, M.D., Executive Director, All Brains Belong VT (9/20/2023 Click here for Plain Language Summary Neurodivergent patients are dying. The life expectancy for an Autistic adult is 36-54 years, with premature cardiovascular disease and suicide as leading causes.1-3 ADHD…

Blog: Doctors & Patients – Bridging the Double Empathy Problem

Patients come to All Brains Belong because their needs were not met by the traditional healthcare system. I spend a lot of my day hearing patients describe their experiences of being misunderstood, dismissed, invalidated. Shamed. Traumatized.

The Double Empathy Problems allows us to see that the true villain of those stories is not an individual, but a system.

In the short video clip above, you can watch me and my colleagues here at All Brains Belong, Gabe Worzella DO and Sierra Miller APRN, discussing how the healthcare system thwarts everyone — patients and clinicians alike. Nobody has their access needs met. And everyone suffers.

WCAX: New program makes health care more effective for neurodivergent patients

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) 8/21/2023 – A new resource kit to help personalize health care for those with autism and ADHD. “I came into All Brains Belong really kind of thinking my life was over, my energy hit an all-time low,”…

Everything is Connected to Everything: Improving the Healthcare of Autistic & ADHD Adults

Autistic & ADHD adults often have multiple intertwined health conditions. The healthcare system often gets in the way of clinicians addressing multiple medical problems at a time. Yet by treating these intertwined medical conditions as separate, this may result in…

All Brains Belong Releases Groundbreaking New Resource

Montpelier, VT (8/15/2023) – All Brains Belong, a leading organization dedicated to supporting neurodivergent individuals, announces the launch of a unique free resource to help improve the healthcare of autistic and ADHD adults. 95% of All Brains Belong’s autistic and…

Vermont community members sitting on the State House Lan in a circle, celebrating community.

Community Health Education Fair

The 2025 event is postponed We are pivoting to support our community though mutual aid. For more information and to get involved, visit https://allbrainsbelong.org/help-our-patients Find out about other community programs,Sign up for our newsletter at https://allbrainsbelong.org/newsletter

Brain Club Archives

Brain Club is All Brains Belong’s flagship community program. This is a weekly virtual community conversation on “everyday brain life” topics. We have made all recordings available for community education, at no cost. If you are able to, we welcome…

Vermont Edition: Families with autistic kids are shifting the conversation

Vermont Public: The conversation around autism is changing. This hour, we’ll learn how many parents of autistic children are embracing their neurodivergence. They are seeking changes in the classroom and affirmation from doctors. This episode of Vermont Edition was broadcasted…

All Brains Belong VT advocates to end to traumatic practices of seclusion and restraint of children in schools

Essex Reporter: All Brains Belong VT advocates to end to traumatic practices of secluding and restraining children in schools (Kate Vanni, 4/25/23) VERMONT — All Brains Belong VT is working to end the traumatic practice of restraint and seclusion still…