The US Autism Association, with Dr Marlo Payne Thurman | EDB 246

Dr. Marlo Payne Thurman shares how the US Autism Association is helping the autism community. (VIDEO - 19 mins) Marlo Payne Thurman, Ph.D. began her professional career working with children diagnosed with autism in 1986. In 1999 Marlo founded the Brideun Learning Communities and built the Brideun School for Exceptional Children, a play-based, therapeutic school exclusively serving children grades 1-8 who were identified as “twice-exceptional.” With doctoral-level training in both School Psychology and Special Education Marlo founded 2E Consulting Services to provide assessments, advocacy, and training to support both individuals and programs working with neurodiverse, twice exceptional, and students with autism. In January of 2020, Marlo was appointed as the Director and Board Chairman for the US Autism Association. Their mission is to provide opportunity for all individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders to achieve their fullest potential by expanding and enriching the ASD community through education, online training, published and electronic information and resources, and partnerships with local and national projects. The US Autism Association’s 2021 World Autism Conference and Gala is happening September 23rd-25th. The Different Brains audience can get $10 off the conference by using the promo code DIFFERENTBRAINS when registering here: https://worldautismconference.org/ For more about The US Autism Association: https://www.usautism.org/ Follow Different Brains on social media: https://twitter.com/diffbrains https://www.facebook.com/different.brains/ https://www.instagram.com/diffbrains/ Check out more episodes of Exploring Different Brains! http://differentbrains.org/category/edb/