Opinion and Reported Pieces: Recent and Selected

I have published essays, opinion pieces, and reporting in many venues, and worked as a columnist for outlets such as The Chronicle of Higher Education, Women in Higher Education, and Psychology Today. 

Below is a selection of my work with links. 

Use these links to access venues where I write regularly:

• The Chronicle of Higher Education: chronicle.com/author/katie-rose-guest-pryal.
• Psychology Today: livingneurodivergence.com.
• Dame Magazine: damemagazine.com/author/katie-rose-gues.

Other links are in the text below, if available.

“Why We Need Neurodiversity Pride,” Opinion. Psychology Today, June 18, 2026.

“The Dangerous Over-Accommodation Myth,” Opinion. Psychology Today, March 23, 2026.

“Stop Telling Anxious People to Be Resilient,” Opinion. Psychology Today, March 30, 2026.

“3 Things Teachers Wish Parents Knew About IEP Meetings,” Opinion. Psychology Today, Feb. 19, 2026.

“6 Things I Wish I Knew Before My Kid’s First IEP Meeting,” Opinion. Psychology Today, Feb. 10, 2026.

“Neurodiversity and the Individual Attention Fallacy,” Opinion. Psychology Today, Nov. 28, 2025.

“Neurodiversity and the Fear of Success,” Opinion. Psychology Today, Oct. 27, 2025.

“What to Do When Your Neurodivergent Kid ‘Misbehaves,’” Opinion. Psychology Today, Sept. 24, 2025.

“Neurodivergent Kids Can Thrive in Unschooling,” Opinion. Psychology Today, Aug. 23, 2025.

“How Neurodiverse Parents Can Better Manage Chaos,” Opinion. Psychology Today, June 29, 2025.

“RFK Jr. Has a Terrifying Obsession with Autism,” Opinion. Dame Magazine, May 27, 2025.

“When People Pressure You to Change Your Neurodiverse Kids,” Opinion. Psychology Today, May 1, 2025.

“What Is Neurodiversity-Affirming Care?” Opinion. Psychology Today, Jan. 29, 2025.

“’Gentle Parenting’ Helps Neurodivergent Kids,” Opinion. Psychology Today, Nov. 3, 2024.

“The Connection Between Neurodiversity and Relationship Abuse,” Opinion. Psychology Today, Aug. 25, 2024.

“Autistic Meltdowns Help Me Live a Better Life,” Essay. Psychology Today, June 21, 2024.

“Two Ways to Support Students’ Mental Health,” Opinion. The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 18, 2024.

“What Is the Invisible Burden of School Accommodations?” Opinion. Psychology Today, June 11, 2024.

“Burnout and Neurodiversity,” Opinion. Psychology Today, May 20, 2024.

“How Anxiety Harms Creativity (And What to Do About It),” Opinion. Psychology Today, March 28, 2024.

“How to Help Students with Procrastination,” Opinion. Law School Survey of Student Engagement Blog, March 25, 2024.

“The Strengths and Struggles of Trauma Disorders,” Opinion. Psychology Today, March 7, 2024.

“Should You Seek an Adult Diagnosis of Neurodivergence?” Opinion. The Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 22, 2024.

“How Suspicion Feeds Stigma Against Neurodivergent People,” Opinion. Psychology Today, Jan. 13, 2023.

“Neurodivergent Holidays: Set Boundaries for Your Well-Being,” Opinion. Psychology Today, Dec. 12, 2023.

“The Barriers to an Adult Diagnosis of Autism,” Opinion. Psychology Today, Nov. 25, 2023.

“Accommodations and Accessibility: What’s the Difference?” Opinion. Psychology Today, Nov. 6, 2023.

“What Does Neurodiversity Mean Today?” Opinion. Psychology Today, Sept. 9, 2023.

“Should You Disclose Your Neurodivergence at Work?” Opinion. Psychology Today, July 26, 2023.

“Making Sense of the Past as a Late-Diagnosed Autistic Adult,” Opinion. Psychology Today, July 22, 2023.

“Neurodivergent Students Need Flexibility, Not Our Frustration,” Opinion. The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 3, 2023.

“How to Teach Your (Many) Neurodivergent Students,” Opinion. The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 29, 2023.

“When ‘Rigor’ Targets Disabled Students,” Opinion. The Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 6, 2022.

“Abortion Bans Put Colleges in Legal Limbo,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 4, 2022.

“Abortion Is a Higher-Ed Issue: The End of ‘Roe’ Will Worsen the Campus Mental-Health Crisis,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 30, 2022.

“When Universities Raid Student Therapy Records,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 11, 2022.

“Pandemic Procrastination Requires Self-Compassion,” Women in Higher Education, April 2021, at 9.

“How Are You Caring for Students This Year?” Women in Higher Education, Dec. 2020.

“Letting Go of Rigor Anxiety During a Pandemic,” National Teaching and Learning Forum, October 2020.

“Public Writing in Uncertain Times,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 30, 2020.

“The Public Writing Life: The Venue, the Pitch, and the Fee,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 12, 2020.

“You Want to Write for the Public, But About What?” The Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 10, 2020.

“10 Questions Every Academic Should Ask Before Writing for the Public,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 1, 2019.

“When You Talk About Banning Laptops, You Throw Disabled Students Under the Bus,” Huffington Post, Nov. 27, 2017 (co-author Prof. Jordynn Jack).

“Our Gun Problem Is More Than a Mental Health Problem,” Paste, March 2017.

“Raped on Campus? Don’t Trust Your College to Do the Right Thing,” Opinion. The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 2, 2015.

“The Worst Part of the Bar Exam,” Opinion. Slate, Aug. 7, 2014.