1st Edition
Inclusion and Autism Neurodiverse Autistic First-Person Accounts
1. Mapping inclusion through a neurodiverse lens: unraveling the paradoxes and valorising the strengths of the autism spectrum
Santoshi Halder
2. The Art of my Autistic life
David Atkinson
3. Autonomy and Inclusion
Patrick Dwyer
4. Small House and a Tall Fence: Women on the Spectrum and Sexual Predators
Dana Vilker
5. A Journey to becoming Autism Proud
Kendal Nolan
6. Determination
Leah Rosenthal
7. Neurodiversity Refined: The Neuro Cloud™ embraces all humans
Tim Goldstein
8. Accommodations Seeking Accommodations
Rev. Stephanie E. H. Friant, M.Div.
9. Reimagining the Working Self: The Impact of Adult Autism Diagnosis on a Career Woman
Barrijean Walsh
10. All My Hats
Dave Caudel
Biography
Santoshi Halder is a professor at the Department of Education, University of Calcutta, India. She is a Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst (BACB, USA) and is a Special Educator Licensure (Rehabilitation Council of India, RCI). She has been actively involved internationally and nationally in multifarious ways for the inclusion of people with diversities primarily through various academic and research endeavours since 2000.
Tim Goldstein is a global trainer for a major tech company, a neurodiverse communications specialist, and an emotional speaking vocal coach and is on the board of the Autism Society of America, USA. He trains all employees, neurotypical and neurodistinct, on how each other functions and the strategies to communicate. He was diagnosed with Asperger’s at 54.
David Caudel is the associate director of the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt University in Nashville Tennessee, USA. Diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome in 2009, Caudel is a neurodivergence advocate, speaking to a variety of organizations, including the UN and autism conferences internationally.
