Inclusion and Autism: Neurodiverse Autistic First-Person Accounts - Paperback

by Santoshi Halder (Editor), Tim Goldstein (Editor), Dave Caudel (Editor)

This book provides a fertile ground for having the collective voices of the autistic people to understand inclusion and the enigma of the autism spectrum from the neurodiverse lens.

Author Biography

Santoshi Halder is a professor at the Department of Education, University of Calcutta, India. She is a Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst (BACB, USA) and is a Special Educator Licensure (Rehabilitation Council of India, RCI). She has been actively involved internationally and nationally in multifarious ways for the inclusion of people with diversities primarily through various academic and research endeavours since 2000.

Tim Goldstein is a global trainer for a major tech company, a neurodiverse communications specialist, and an emotional speaking vocal coach and is on the board of the Autism Society of America, USA. He trains all employees, neurotypical and neurodistinct, on how each other functions and the strategies to communicate. He was diagnosed with Asperger's at 54.

David Caudel is the associate director of the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt University in Nashville Tennessee, USA. Diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome in 2009, Caudel is a neurodivergence advocate, speaking to a variety of organizations, including the UN and autism conferences internationally.