Advocating Autism Acceptance to the United Nations, with Anita Lesko | EDB 123

In this episode, Dr. Hackie Reitman speaks with Anita Lesko, BSN, RN, MS, CRNA. Anita is an internationally recognized autism advocate and member of Autism Society of America’s Panel of Autistic Advisors. She is also an author, with her most recent book being Temple Grandin: The Stories I Tell My Friends. Anita discusses her own autism diagnosis at the age of 50, highlights the importance of following your dreams, and recounts her experience addressing the United Nations. For more information, go to: http://AnitaLesko.com/ Look for Temple Grandin: The Stories I Tell My Friends at Amazon, Future Horizons, or anywhere else books are sold. Follow Different Brains on social media: https://twitter.com/diffbrains https://www.facebook.com/different.brains/ Check out more episodes of Exploring Different Brains! http://differentbrains.org/category/edb/ This episode's thumbnail uses a modified version of an image created by wikipedia user Yerpo, under a creative commons license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en