Author. Speaker. Educator.

Expert on Mental Health and Disability

Author. Speaker. Educator.

Expert on Mental Health and Disability

Author. Speaker. Educator.

Expert on Mental Health and Disability

Author. Speaker. Educator.

Expert on Mental Health and Disability

Author. Speaker. Educator.

Expert on Mental Health and Disability

Author. Speaker. Educator.

Expert on Mental Health and Disability

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With evocative storytelling and incisive research, Pryal brings a new eye to the mental health crisis that higher education has faced for decades. Addressing the stigma that haunts mental disability on campus, the ableism that dogs our teaching, and the cascade of mental health struggles that far too many faculty and students face, Pryal provides straightforward solutions to these complex problems. Our communities must only garner the courage to take the necessary steps.
University of Kansas Press, Fall 2023
West Chester University, PA
March 1, 2023
Johnson County Community College, Kansas City
Jan. 14, 2022

Why Did I Seek an Autism Diagnosis?

:: Like so many autistic adults who are diagnosed later in life, my past clicked into focus once I was diagnosed. All of my awkwardness that led to bullying and more—I didn’t realize how much I blamed myself for those things. Why couldn’t I have been stronger? What was wrong with me? I didn’t realize that I never had a chance because I never received support.

From Deadline to Depression

:: Coming out from under a crushing deadline doesn’t mean you’re going to be happy. It can mean the opposite.

Pretending I’m Not a Woman, on Betrayals Large and Small

:: I can laugh about it now, but I have never forgotten how it felt to have sent an email with the intent to make the world a better place, to have received praise in private, and then to have been humiliated in public. 

Sometimes Things Just Die, on Tragedies Large and Small

:: In 24 hours, the truth was before us, a truth that had probably been there all along. Sometimes things just die.