My Autism, My Story

Autistic Self-Advocate, Turrell Burgess, joins the podcast this episode to discuss his experience, his book, What’s with the New Kid: My Autism My Story, what led him to the International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL)–the home of DIRFloortime®–and his new role as Executive Assistant & Diversity Advisor, and how he plans to impact the world in his new role. Turrell did a reading of his book at the ICDL 2021 DIRFloortime® Conference where he spoke of his experience and it is a pleasure to introduce him to the world of DIRFloortime® here!Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the podcast here: https://affectautism.com/2022/06/04/turrell-burgess/Caregivers: Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network for support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: https://www.icdl.com/parents