Past Events
2019
January
South Texas Special Needs Conference, Edinburg, TX--Screening with Q & A; Keynote on Building Inclusive Lives: Interdependence, Self-Determination & Advocacy
February
Thayer Academy Diversity Day--Screening & discussion; teach poetry workshop
SUNY/Brockport--Screening with discussion; Meet with Chief Diversity Office
March
CSUN Conference-California
Film screening & Discussion; Presentation on College Transition
Film screening with Q&A; Keynote and breakout session
April
Film screening with discussion; Presentation at a local school
Oberlin College
- April 15--Screen DEEJ with community dialogue to follow
- April 16--Getting a Job in Social Justice After College
- April 17--Anthropology Talk about Self -Representation and Funding
- April 18--College Panel on Accommodations in Higher Ed
April 25
Harford Community College, Bel Air, Maryland
2 Film screenings with Discussion
2018
JANUARY 2018
DEEJ screening with Q & A at MOFEAT—St Louis, MO
Interview with Jesus @ Florida State(FSU)
FEBRUARY 2018
University of Northern Iowa Screenings with Q & A’s with Precertification Teacher Training Classes
Grinnell College - Film Screening with Q & A
MARCH 2018
Reelabilities Film Festival in NYC: Screenings with Q & A’s at Long Island University (LIU); NY Public Library (W 67th St); Baruch College; Jewish Community Center; Lower Eastside Girls’ Club;
Tisch School of (NYU)
Framingham State University: Screening with Q & A; taught Disability Studies Class; taught Poetry Workshop; Meeting with Administrators, Staff and Faculty @ Inclusion & Higher Ed Accommodations at FSU
AUSM, Minneapolis, MN: Screening with Q & A
APRIL 2018
UF/Gainesville CARD: Screening with Q & A
Miami of Ohio/Kate Welling Distinguished Scholar: Screening with Q & A; taught Poetry Workshop to Precertification Teacher Training Class
Rethinking Autism Conference, IND: Screening with Q & A;
Keynote Presentation My Literacy Journey & Beyond
Ohio State University (OSU) Higher Ed & Disability Conference: panel presentation
SUNY/Purchase College: Screening with Q & A
Open Society Foundations: Presentation on Human Rights Initiative Project
MAY 2018
Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) Summit in DC on Community Living
University of Illinois/Chicago (UIC): Screening with Q & A
Peabody Awards Ceremony, NYC
Radio Panel Interview with Evan Dawson/ NPR/Rochester
Reel Minds Film Festival, Rochester, NY
JUNE 2018
Sunshine Theatre, Cortez, CO: Screening with Q & A
Midwest Inclusion Conference @ UNI: Screening; Breakout Session on My Journey to Literacy
NALC Diversity Practices in Hiring: Keynote Presentation
JULY 2018
Open Book Event/ CULTUREALL in Des Moines, IA
SEPTEMBER 2018
Statewide Guardian ad Litem Conference, Orlando, FL: Speech honoring my GAL & Book donation drive for children in foster care
UTampa: Screening with Q & A; Meet with Professors, Staff & Students on Neurodiversity
OCTOBER 2018
Emmy Awards Ceremony for News and Documentary, NYC
Drake University, IA: Screening with discussion
Duke University Symposium on Neurodiversities, NC: screening with Q & A; Poetry Workshop
NOVEMBER 2018
Rochester, MN Autism Symposium: Screening with Q & A; Keynote on Building Inclusive Lives
ASAN Gala, DC: Acceptance Speech for ASAN Harriet McBryde Johnson Award for Nonfiction
TASH National Conference, Portland, OR: Positive Images in the Media Award for DEEJ