From Student to PE Teacher and Autism Advocate: NVLD and Adult Life | Ryan Lund

Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib. · Aug 3, 2026 · 51m

Ryan Lundy was diagnosed with a nonverbal learning disability as a child and with autism at 40. In between, he got through school with a 504 plan, a resource teacher, a private tutor, and a lot of family support. Today he teaches physical education at a school for students with special needs, coaches adaptive tennis, and has just been accepted into the Autism Speaks Advocacy Academy.

He has sat on both sides of the desk. He was the student who needed the support, and he is now the educator providing it. There are not many people who can speak to both.

In this episode:

What NVLD actually is…