I used to be a scientist. I have a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Washington State University in Pullman, WA. I researched as a postdoctoral fellow at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, NY, and worked as a lead scientist at Columbia University in New York, NY. Since my son was born with hemophilia, my research focus was on hemophilia. After immigrating to Canada, I worked as a scientist at the National Research Council in Montreal. I began my hemophilia research in collaboration with a faculty member at a local university at the same time. However, the research was halted due to human factors. Subsequently, my family moved to Burnaby, BC.
As we moved, my son was diagnosed with autism. The diagnosis took longer than usual due to our relocation from Montreal to Burnaby. During this time, my wife and I sought ways to enhance my son’s brain development. However, there were no established methods for supporting the brain development of children with autism. Consequently, I decided to shift my area of research from science to brain development.
It took me over 10 years to understand autism and the thinking processes of human brains and to develop teaching and studying methods accordingly. It was the process of trial and error. However, as my strategy started to show some results, I applied the teaching methods to the university students to test on neurotypical students. As I developed new methods for the students’ brain development, I applied them to my son. And going back and forth. As a result, I finally solved the puzzle of brain development processes. I illuminated the differences in thinking processes between autistic and neurotypical people, and I developed teaching and studying methods for both autistic and neurotypical people regardless of their ages.
PonderEd Education is a unique and novel education provider for systematic brain development for all types of people, including those with autism, ADHD, struggling students, researchers, and more.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly.
Tongpil Min,
E-mail: min@PonderEd.ca