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Not Your Mama's Autism

Hosted By: Lola Dada-Olley

NYMA is the story of one family’s experiences with autism through a multi-generational lens. Hosted by a woman who is both the older sibling to a non-verbal man living with autism and now the mother of two children on the autism spectrum, NYMA takes on topics like autism awareness now compared to thirty years ago, past and current treatments, allies, special education pre-Covid-19 and during Covid-19, disability rights broken down by zip code, marriage therapy along the autism journey, intersectionality of race and disability, corporate inclusion efforts and much more.

Not Your Mama’s Autism (NYMA)

NYMA is the story of one family’s experiences with autism through a multi-generational lens. Hosted by a woman who is both the older sibling to a non-verbal man living with autism and now the mother of two children on the autism spectrum, NYMA takes on topics like autism awareness now compared to thirty years ago, past and current treatments, allies, special education pre-Covid-19 and during Covid-19, disability rights broken down by zip code, marriage therapy along the autism journey, intersectionality of race and disability, corporate inclusion efforts and much more.

In this episode of Not Your Mama’s Autism podcast, Lola
Dada-Olley interviews Danielle Meadows, an executive director at JPMorgan
Chase, about the importance of disability employment and the initiatives taken
by the Business Solution Team (BEST) to promote neuro-inclusion. They discuss
the evolution of the BEST program, common misconceptions about disability
inclusion, the challenges faced in the employment landscape, and the
significance of public policy in supporting individuals with disabilities. The
conversation highlights the success stories of employees and the role of job
coaches in fostering an inclusive work environment.

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