The #ActuallyAutistic Guide to Advocacy
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Actionable insights based on input from more than a hundred #ActuallyAutistic people.
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Jenna Gensic, M.A. is a freelance writer and disability advocate. She is the creator of the Learn From Autistic People website and has been regularly engaging with the Autistic community and sharing Autistic expertise over the past decade.
After her son was diagnosed with autism, she quickly realized the limitations of pursuing medical, psychological, and behavioral advice from non-Autistic “experts” and began seeking advice from Autistic individuals themselves. Her regular engagement with the Autistic community has led to the creation of two books: What Your Child on the Spectrum Really Needs: Advice From 12 Autistic Adults and The #ActuallyAutistic Guide to Advocacy, as well as the creation of the Learn From Autistic People website, which connects parents, caregivers, teachers, and professionals with Autistic expertise.
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For Neurodiverse groups and individuals seeking to delve deeper into their self-advocacy, advocacy, and allyship practices: >>LINK<<
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Five Brain Leadership
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Using the latest insights from neuroscience, mindfulness, cognitive behavior science, and management, learn how to harness the power of all five interlocking brains—reptilian, emotional, rational, heart, and gut—to forge better relationships and become an extraordinary leader.
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Website: Applying Neuroscience in Organizations.
Carlos has extensive experience supporting the development of leaders and management teams alike on an international scale. Raised and educated in Argentina, Carlos has been living and working between Europe, USA, and Canada for over 20 years, where he has become an Executive Coach giving workshops and lectures on Neuromanagement, applying neuroscience in organizations and businesses. Currently, he resides in Madrid working with clients from all sorts of cultures around the world.
Originally trained as a medical doctor in Argentina, Carlos draws on this medical background and understanding of the brain to apply Neuromanagement coaching modalities that lead to evident and sustainable change for his clients.
Over the course of his early career, for more than 20 years, he has also gained management experience in business executive roles working for multinational pharmaceutical companies in the area of Biotechnology applied to human health.
He is a professor of Neuromanagement in the MBA programs at the University of New York in Prague, Czech Republic, and at GEA in Ljubljana, Slovenia; and a thought leader with the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate.
Co-author of the books PersonalityDNA. Discover Your True Personality (2022), and Five-Brain Leadership. How Neuroscience Can Help You Master Your Instincts and Build Better Teams (January 2023), he is also an international TEDx Speaker.
The #ActuallyAutistic Guide to Building Independence
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Practical, encouraging ideas and strategies to help ourselves and others successfully navigate big transitions and grow toward our/their goals and dreams. Based on input from more than a hundred #ActuallyAutistic teens, young adults, and adults who’ve been there.
Coming in late summer 2024, from Jessica Kingsley Publishers/Hachette.
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Jenna Gensic, M.A. is a freelance writer and disability advocate. She is the creator of the Learn From Autistic People website and has been regularly engaging with the Autistic community and sharing Autistic expertise over the past decade.
After her son was diagnosed with autism, she quickly realized the limitations of pursuing medical, psychological, and behavioral advice from non-Autistic “experts” and began seeking advice from Autistic individuals themselves. Her regular engagement with the Autistic community has led to the creation of two books: What Your Child on the Spectrum Really Needs: Advice From 12 Autistic Adults and The #ActuallyAutistic Guide to Advocacy, as well as the creation of the Learn From Autistic People website, which connects parents, caregivers, teachers, and professionals with Autistic expertise.
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COMING SOON! A step-by-step, holistic resource for #ActuallyAutistic teens, young adults, and adults, and those who care about and/or work with them.
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COMING SOON! Stage Four of our book is a free online resource with in-depth insights and ideas from more than 100 #ActuallyAutistic self-advocates and activists about creating sustainable and affirming change to promote inclusion, independence, justice, and well-being on local, political, cultural, societal, and/or global levels.
KEYNOTES, PODCASTS, + MORE:
Seven Sisters Podcast— “Full Spectrum Mama with Jennifer Brunton, Ph.D.”
Neuroawesome Life Interview
Keynote, Columbia University Alumni With Disabilities, Fall 2024
Recording to come
Keynote for Autism Connections, Springfield, MA —”Amplifying Acceptance, Building Independence: How #ActuallyAutistic Perspectives Provide a Strong Foundation for Growth”
Sample Library Talk (Milford Town Library, Milford, MA)
Book Interview with Hachette/JKP’s Carolyn Farnham
Recording to come