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THE AUTISTIC PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER
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Hola Comadres!
Welcome to the 16th episode of Season 3!
Let’s talk about achievement despite a diagnosis!
Join your comadre Marcy and special guest Dr. Kerry Magro as they discuss and share Kerry’s experience of being an autistic professional, Dr. Magro’s work to create accepting environments and his experience consulting on the show Love on the Spectrum (US).
More about Dr. Kerry Magro (Mah-grow) Ed.D. is an award-winning autistic professional speaker, best-selling author and autism consultant to the HBO series Mrs. Fletcher that aired in Fall 2019 and the latest season of Netflix’s Emmy-Award Winning Series ‘Love on the Spectrum’ He started professional speaking 11 years ago via the National Speakers Association after he fell in love with theatre as a child to help with his social and communication skills. Today he has spoken at over 1150 events during that time include 2 TEDxTalks and a 'Talks at Google' presentation. In addition, Kerry is CEO & President of KFM Making A Difference, a nonprofit organization that hosts inclusion events and has provided 100 scholarships for students with autism for college and counting since 2011. In his spare time, he hosts a Facebook Page called Kerry's Autism Journey that now has 218,000 Facebook followers where he does on-camera interviews highlighting people impacted by a diagnosis to breaking down barriers in our community. His videos he’s produced have been watched over 35 Million times.
Kerry’s best-selling books Defining Autism From The Heart, and Autism and Falling in Love, I Will Light It Up Blue and his latest, Autistics on Autism have reached Amazon Best-Seller Lists for Special Needs Parenting. He is based in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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Links for Dr. Magro’s Website:
Shop with Books and Courses:
https://kerrymagro.com/store/#products
Amazon Book Links:
Autistics on Autism
I Will Light It Up Blue
Defining Autism From The Heart:
Autism and Falling in Love: To The One That Got Away
Link to Kerry’s speaker website: www.kerrymagro.com/speaking
Link to KFM Making a Difference: www.kfmmakingadifference.org
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kerrymagro?
Facebook.com: www.Facebook.com/kerrysautismjourney
Twitter: www.twitter.com/kerrymagro
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerrymagro/
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