Adrienne Kessler
Adrienne Kessler’s passion for supporting individuals with disabilities began more than twenty years ago when providing in home ABA to children with Autism and related disorders. She was inspired by the unique gifts her students…
Archive: Biographies
Terri Hirning
Terri Hirning serves the autism and chronic illness communities as a mentor, educator, integrative wellness coach, co-author, summit host, and motivational speaker. It is the personal story of her son’s autism recovery journey that was…
Elaine Hall
Elaine Hall, “Coach E”, is an internationally recognized leader in inclusion and belonging. Her groundbreaking theater and film program, The Miracle Project, was profiled in the Emmy winning HBO documentary Autism: The Musical. Her memoir,…
Jasmine Bacon, MS, CCC-SLP
Jasmine earned her B.S. in Psychology and worked as a DIR-Floortime Therapist & Mentor before obtaining a B.S. and M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology. Jasmine now works as the director of SLP services at Chatterbox Speech…
Rebecca Jackson, DC
Dr. Rebecca Jackson is an industry leader in optimizing brain performance to drive human performance. She brings nearly 15 years of Brain Balance experience to her role as Vice President of Programs and Outcomes where…
Erin Clarelli, MS, OTR/L
Erin Clarelli is a passionate occupational therapist with a playful spirit and a drive to make a difference. As a committed advocate for neurodiversity and a proud ally to the autistic community, Erin specializes in…
Steve Spitz
Steve Spitz is a long time resident of San Francisco and recently came to realize that he is on the Autism Spectrum. Steve embraces this knowledge and would very much love to share his thoughts…
Dani Bowman
Dani Bowman—who is on the autism spectrum founded her company, DaniMation Entertainment, at age 14 in 2009 and launched DaniMation UK in 2019. She graduated with a BFA in Animation in 2018 and an MBA…
David Isaacman
David’s journey navigating autism began when he was diagnosed at 3 years old. He is part of a set of triplets and when he wasn’t speaking like his two sisters were, his parents brought him…
Dana Johnson, PhD, MS, OTR/L
Dr. Dana Johnson, PhD, MS, OTR/L, is the Founder of Spellers Center, Tampa; Founder of Invictus Academy, Tampa Bay; and co-founder of the Spellers MethodTM. Dr. Johnson has a Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy, and…