Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Kian Caplan was bullied as a child. He couldn’t control the sounds or movements he made, and his peers ridiculed him for being different. As a teenager, Kian was diagnosed with ADHD, OCD, and Tourette syndrome. Today, he is a McGovern neuroscientist on a quest to understand what makes his brain different — and to recruit other neurodiverse students to study the brain.
Kian Caplan was bullied as a child. He couldn’t control the sounds or movements he made, and his peers ridiculed him for being different. As a teenager, Kian was diagnosed with ADHD, OCD, and Tourette syndrome. Today, he is a McGovern neuroscientist on a quest to understand what makes his brain different — and to recruit other neurodiverse students to study the brain.
