If reading turns into tears, avoidance, or exhaustion in your home, this episode offers a fresh, practical angle: instead of forcing the brain to adjust to the text, what if the text adjusted to your child?

Host Kate Brownfield sits down with Diane Gutierrez (co-founder of Cognition Labs and a mom in a neurodiverse family) for a two-part conversation on reducing reading strain for dyslexia/visual-perceptual differences, and on real-life parenting strategies for ADHD families. Diane shares how adjustable text tools can lower cognitive load and improve comprehension, plus the lived wisdom that helped her family navigate school, stress, mental health, and the long haul of raising kids with ADHD and dyslexia.

In this episode, we cover:

Why “the text should adjust to us” (and how that supports comprehension + reduces fatigue)

How Cognition Labs transforms books, PDFs, notes, and scanned images with 15+ adjustable settings

Tools families use most: syllabication support, confusable-letter fixes (b/d/p/q), and visual settings that reduce strain

Why these supports may help kids with ADHD, by reducing cognitive load during reading

Parenting wisdom from a home where ADHD affects nearly everyone: meaning over pressure, consistency over perfection, rest as a requirement

When to consider therapy/coaching support and why it’s okay to switch if it’s not the right fit

Advocacy and testing: how understanding a child’s brain can change the path forward

Resources mentioned: Cognition Labs: https://www.cognitionlabs.com/

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