Planted in front of their computer screens, more than 20 students stretched into the downward-facing dog pose as their yoga sculpt instructor shouted words of encouragement from her apartment in Westwood.

The same plain, cream-colored walls, the same long windows and the same brightly lit computer screen made up the whole of Thera Boonyamarn’s scenery for two weeks.

Underclassmen in the 1920s met on the football field for a ferocious and muddy battle of brawn as part of the “Sophomore-Freshman Brawl,” a now-defunct UCLA tradition.

Going to college can be difficult for anybody, but for students with neurological differences, leaving home and entering an unknown environment presents unique challenges.
Enter UCLA All Brains, an organization gaining traction on campus, which has the purpose of providing students who have neurological differences – such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and dyslexia – resources to support their emotional and social well-being.