Why I Started This

I’ve always known I was different. Not in a better-than-you kind of way. Just different. My mind ran fast and in too many directions at once. I felt things deeply, noticed everything, and got in trouble a lot for things I couldn’t explain. I wasn’t trying to be difficult. I just didn’t know how to fit into the expectations that were handed to me.

For a long time, I thought the problem was me.

When you’re wired differently, especially as a kid, the world around you doesn’t always know what to do with that. You might get labelled gifted or disruptive or emotional or lazy, depending on who is in the room. You spend a lot of time trying to adjust, trying to perform, trying to get it right.

Eventually, it catches up with you.

The Wired Differently series started as a collection of notes. Scribbled ideas from late nights. Observations from coaching. Questions I couldn’t shake after working with kids and families. Reflections from my own life. Over time, it became clear that I wasn’t the only one wrestling with this. So many people are moving through life misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or mislabelled when what they really need is to be recognized and supported for who they are.

This series is for them. For you. For the parent who wonders why nothing seems to work. For the teacher who wants to reach the student no one else seems to understand. For the coach who sees the spark but not the focus. For the leader trying to make space in systems that were not built for difference. For the adult still carrying around the confusion and fatigue of being misread for years.

It is also for the ones who love us. The ones who stay. The ones who try. Because they need tools too.

What I have written here is not about fixing people. It is about seeing them fully. It is about building environments where regulation is supported, masking is not required, and healing becomes possible. It is about real inclusion, the kind that goes beyond checklists and actually changes lives.

This is just the beginning. Over time, this site will grow. There will be more resources, more stories, and more tools. But at the heart of it, the goal is simple. To create a space where difference is not something to be corrected, but something to be understood and supported.

Thanks for being here. However you got here, I’m glad you found your way.

– Corey