An Autistic’s Vision for Lasting and Successful Workplace Neurodiversity

• By: Sam Farmer Neurodiversity Community Self-Advocate, Writer, Author, and Public Speaker
• July 19th, 2022
• acceptance, accommodation, actually autistic, collaboration, empathy, employment, inclusion, listening, neurodiversity, neurodiversity hiring programs, stigma, Summer 2022 Issue, workplace
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Consider Dan Burger, a gifted and autistic computer science student at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. In spite of the challenges he faced along his journey through school and into the workforce, Burger's exceptional abilities at visual problem-solving and dealing with large amounts of data...

Navigating Sensory Processing Disorder

• By: Claudia Rose Addeo, MS, BS Teacher, Award-Winning Writer, PhD Student, Neurodiverse Advocate
• July 18th, 2022
• journaling, restricted and repetitive behaviors, sensory decompression, sensory modulation disorder, sensory overload, sensory pleasure, sensory processing disorder, Summer 2022 Issue
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As someone who not only is earning their doctorate in the field of literacy education but was diagnosed at the tender age of two with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), a category found among autism spectrum disorders (ASD) along with a list of additional sub-diagnoses, it’s safe to say that...