Book - All Kinds of Minds

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A book edited by kids, for kids hopes to show people the positive side of having autism, anxiety, ADHD, and other neurological and psychological disorders.

All Kinds of Minds is a project of Winnipeg's Angela Taylor, the CEO and founder of Inspire Community Outreach — but she decided to go straight to the target reader in putting it together.

"There came the idea that we should talk to kids about what they wanted to see," she said.

At first, it was hard to get kids to talk about the positive side of things like ADHD, autism, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder — things that are usually seen as negative in society — Taylor said.

Many kids felt too ashamed or embarrassed, she said.

"It was pretty tough actually. It was through building relationships that they felt safe enough to have open conversations with their families and to tell us, 'It's hard for me,'" she said.

She then realized she'd have to talk to kids about how you can do great things despite, or perhaps because of, your differences.

"That really kind of shifted things for some of the kids that were having a hard time articulating why it could also be a positive," she said.