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B๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ย ๐šย ๐๐ž๐ฐย ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐žย ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซย ๐ญ๐ก๐žย ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆย ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ:ย ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญย ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒย ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ

JoyDew is excited to announce our upcoming Roundtable discussion:ย ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ย ๐šย ๐๐ž๐ฐย ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐žย ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซย ๐ญ๐ก๐žย ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆย ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ:ย ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญย ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒย ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ,ย ๐จ๐งย ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ,ย ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒย ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—,ย ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”,ย ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆย ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽย ๐š.๐ฆ.โ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽย ๐ฉ.๐ฆ.ย ๐„๐“ย /ย ๐Ÿ–:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽโ€“๐Ÿ—:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽย ๐š.๐ฆ.ย ๐๐“.

    Together with other innovative panelists: Nina Bershadker (Taft Foundation), Jose Velasco (Autism Society of America, Former SAP), Dave Caudel (Vanderbilt University), Jenn Feldman (Specialisterne), Rob Austin (Ivey Business School | Neurodiversity Employment), and Autism Impact Fund, weโ€™ll explore ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ, ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ-๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ that honor dignity, competence, and individual identity for autistic adults.

    Autism affects an estimated ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, with many autistic children aging into adulthood facing profound gaps in opportunities, services, and funding for truly 21st-century solutions. This roundtable is an opportunity to name and address this critical gap in our system.

    If you care about autism, disability inclusion, social impact, or rethinking how our systems support autistic adults, Iโ€™d love for you to join us and share this event with your network.

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